Het Hogeland is a municipality in the north of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.
Het Hogeland | |
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Coordinates: 53°24′49″N 6°40′38″E / 53.41361°N 6.67722°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Groningen |
Established | 1 January 2019 |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Henk Jan Bolding (CDA) |
Area | |
• Total | 907.63 km2 (350.44 sq mi) |
• Land | 485.72 km2 (187.54 sq mi) |
• Water | 421.91 km2 (162.90 sq mi) |
Population (July 2019) | |
• Total | 47,861 |
Website | hethogeland |
The municipality of Het Hogeland was established on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne, Eemsmond and Winsum.
Het Hogeland is located around 53°25′N 6°41′E / 53.417°N 6.683°E in the north of the province of Groningen and in the northeast of the Netherlands.
The population centers in the municipality are: Broek, Eemshaven, Eenrum, Ellerhuizen, Eppenhuizen, Hornhuizen, Houwerzijl, Kantens, Kleine Huisjes, Kloosterburen, Kruisweg, Lauwersoog, Leens, Mensingeweer, Molenrij, Niekerk, Noordwolde, Oldenzijl, Onderdendam, Oosteinde, Oosternieland, Oudeschip, Pieterburen, Roodeschool, Rottum, Schouwerzijl, Startenhuizen, Stitswerd, Uithuizen, Uithuizermeeden, Ulrum, Usquert, Vierhuizen, Warfhuizen, Warffum, Wehe-den Hoorn, Westerdijkshorn, Westernieland, Zandeweer, Zoutkamp, Zuidwolde and Zuurdijk.
Henk Jan Bolding of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) is mayor of Het Hogeland.
The Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway connects the railway stations at Warffum, Usquert, Uithuizen, Uithuizermeeden and Roodeschool to Groningen railway station and the rest of the Dutch railway network.