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't Zandt

Village in Groningen, Netherlands

53°21′57″N 6°46′28″E / 53.36583°N 6.77444°E / 53.36583; 6.77444CountryNetherlandsProvinceGroningenMunicipalityEemsdeltaArea

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• Total33.74 km² (13.03 sq mi)Elevation

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1.1 m (3.6 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total970 • Density29/km² (74/sq mi)Postal code

9915^[1]

Dialing code0596

't Zandt (Dutch pronunciation: [ət ˈsɑnt]; Gronings: t Zaand [ˈtsaːnt]) is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Eemsdelta.

't Zandt was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with Loppersum.^[3] The municipality covered the villages 't Zandt, Zeerijp, Leermens, Eenum and Oosterwijwerd, and the hamlets Zijldijk, Kolhol, Korendijk and 't Zandstervoorwerk.^[4]

History

The village was first mentioned in 1257 as "in Sonde", and means sand. That year, the monks of Wittewierum [nl] started to a dike in order to polder the former Fivel estuary. The polder was completed in 1266, and a sluice was constructed in 1272.^[5] At the intersection of the new dike and the perpendicular older dike, a settlement appeared.^[6]

The Dutch Reformed church dates from the late-13th century, and was enlarged in the 15th century. The tower is detached from the church, and dates from the early 13th century.^[6]

't Zandt was home to 779 people in 1840.^[7] In 1990, it ceased to be an independent municipality and was merged into Loppersum.^[7]

Gallery

Former town hall
Fire department
Reformed church
Zandstermaar

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2022. two entries
^ "Postcodetool for 9915PA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 1 (A), 1839.
^ "Zandt - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b Ronald Stenvert & Redmer Alma (1998). "'t Zandt" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9258 3. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "'t Zandt". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 April 2022.