Hoogvliet

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Hoogvliet in the municipality of Rotterdam.

Hoogvliet is a town and separate borough within Rotterdam in the Netherlands. As per january 1 2004, it had 36,619 inhabitants.

Hoogvliet is a former village in South Holland. The village was first mentioned on May 26 1326 in the archive of the heren van Putten & Strijen inv. nr. 144. The village used to be called Oedenvliet, Oudenvliet and Odenvliet. It was a separate municipality between 1817 and 1934, when it merged with Rotterdam.[1]

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Hoogvliet in 1866.

[edit] Public transportation

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metro network
Erasmus Line (Rotterdam Metro): Rotterdam Central station - Rhoon (m. Albrandswaard) - Poortugaal (ditto) - Hoogvliet (m. Rotterdam) - Spijkenisse.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [1]
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Coordinates: 51°52′N 4°21′E / 51.867, 4.35nl:Hoogvliet (deelgemeente) sv:Hoogvliet

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