's Gravenmoer

's Gravenmoer

's Gravenmoer in 1865
Coordinates: 51°39′31″N 4°56′28″E / 51.65861°N 4.94111°E / 51.65861; 4.94111
Country Netherlands
Province North Brabant
Municipality Dongen
Population (2007) 2,220

's Gravenmoer is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Dongen, about 3 km north of the town of Dongen. The village has a population of about 2190 inhabitants, including the farmlands to the north of the village.[1]

's Gravenmoer was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became a part of Dongen.[2] In the 19th century, the municipality consisted of two neighbourhoods, called Dorp or Straat ("Village", or "Street") and ('s-Gravenmoersche) Vaart ("Canal"). The former part is now the village of 's Gravenmoer, formerly also called 's-Moer.[3]

's-Gravenmoersche Vaart should not be confused with the contemporary village Vaart, which lies along the same canal a short distance to the south. 's-Gravenmoersche Vaart is now seen as part of the village of 's-Gravenmoer, although it is situated 1 km to the east of the village center.

References

  1. Statistics Netherlands, 2007. Figures are for the year 2006. Statistics are available in Google Earth format.
  2. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.
  3. Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 4 (E-G), 1843, p. 830-835.

External links

Coordinates: 51°39′30″N 4°56′25″E / 51.65833°N 4.94028°E / 51.65833; 4.94028

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