Beets, Netherlands

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The village centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Beets in the municipality of Zeevang.

Beets (West Frisian: Beetse) is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zeevang, and lies about 9 km southwest of Hoorn.

In 2001, the small village centre of Beets had 243 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.05 km², and contained 100 residences.[1] The statistical district "Beets", which covers the village and the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 550.[2]

Until 1970, Beets was a separate municipality.[3]

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  1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  2. ^ Statistics Netherlands, 2007. Figures are for the year 2006. Statistics are available in Google Earth format.
  3. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.

Coordinates: 52°35′18″N 4°58′40″E / 52.58833, 4.97778

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