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the history of Wieringen Topography The data that is presented here is derived from the book: 'De Topografische Gids van Nederland', written by Frank van der Hoven; Publisher Filatop, 1997. This books tries to give a complete account of all cities, villages and hamlets in the Netherlands. The data for Wieringen consists mainly of the population distribution over the various settlements on the island. To make an interesting comparison I have put the most recent numbers and put these beside the historical data. The recent data comes from the council guide. Can we draw any conclusions on the basis of these numbers? Why not? First of all we note that Stroe and Oosterland were relatively more important in the 19th century. Their population hasn't grown, it even declined, most likely because Den Oever and Hippolytushoef became more important. Another interesting fact is that a hamlet like De Hoelm consisted of 3 houses 160 years ago. Today there are 5. Most hamlets have either been absorbed by the larger villages or are as they were 160 years ago. Thanks Manja Dolan for providing the data from 'De Topografische Gids' 1840   1998 village / hamlet houses inhabitants   inhabitants Den Oever 45 200   2287 Oosterland 25 125   244 Stroe 25 175   149 Hippolytushoef 72 340   4438 Westerland 40 200   767           De Gest 15 75   with Den Oever Oud-Gest 5 25   with Den Oever Vatrop (Vartrop) 3 15     Smerp 4 20     Noordburen 5 25     Zandburen 10 50   with H'hoef De Elft 15 75   with H'hoef De Belt 10 50   with H'hoef De Normer 5 25     Oosterklief 7 35   see Westerklief Westerklief 7 35   118 De Hoelm 3 15     De Haukes 4 20   168 Hippo-rural       60 Den Oever-rural       25 Polder Waard Nieuwland 0 0   80   Total: 300 1505   8336 start / Dutch | history | legends | old photos | villages | anthem | links | search