Groet

Groet

Coat of arms

The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Groet in the municipality of Bergen (NH.)
Coordinates: 52°43′N 4°40′E / 52.717°N 4.667°E / 52.717; 4.667Coordinates: 52°43′N 4°40′E / 52.717°N 4.667°E / 52.717; 4.667
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Municipality Bergen
Population ca. 1,700

Groet is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 11 km northwest of Alkmaar.

Groet was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1834, when it was merged with Schoorl.[1]

In 2001, the village of Groet had 1486 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.3 km², and contained 589 residences.[2] The wider statistical area of Groet has a population of around 1720.[3] This includes the neighbouring village of Hargen.

The 1st and the 4th International Youth Congress of Esperanto, in 1938 and 1948 respectively, took place in Groet.

References

  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.
  2. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  3. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Bergen (NH.) .


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