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Driehuis

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Country
  
Netherlands

Population
  
3,320 (1 Jan 2005)

Province
  
North Holland

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Tuesday 2:17 AM

Municipality
  
Velsen

Driehuis

Weather
  
7°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 90% Humidity

Driehuis is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Velsen, and lies about 8 km north of Haarlem.

Contents

Map of Driehuis, Netherlands

The statistical area "Driehuis", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 3320.

Transport

  • Driehuis railway station
  • Native from Driehuis

  • Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002), Author, Professor and Politician assassinated during Dutch general election of 2002.
  • Stella de Heij (1968), former field hockey.
  • The ashes of Anthony Fokker were brought in 1940 to Westerveld Cemetery in Driehuis, where they were buried in the family grave. Christine Buisman, the phytopathologist who discovered the cause of Dutch elm disease is also buried in the cemetery.

    References

    Driehuis Wikipedia


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