Het Hogeland | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 120x100px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Het Hogeland in a municipal map of Groningen |
Coordinates: | 53.4136°N 6.6772°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Groningen |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1 January 2019 |
Governing Body: | Municipal council |
Leader Party: | CDA |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Henk Jan Bolding |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 907.63 |
Area Land Km2: | 485.72 |
Area Water Km2: | 421.91 |
Population Total: | 47,861 |
Population As Of: | July 2019 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Het Hogeland is a municipality in the north of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.
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 53.4167°N 47°W 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.