Uithuizen

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Uithuizen is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Eemsmond. Uithuizen has a railway station.

Uithuizen was a separate municipality until 1979, when it became part of Hefshuizen.[1]

May 17 2008, Cardinal Simonis opened the Trail of St James, connecting Uithuizen to Hasselt, Le Puy en Velay, and Santiago de Compostela, creating a modern, northern branch of the Way of St James.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [1]
  2. ^ NOS jounaal, "Kort binnenlands nieuws", NOS 2008, retrieved 7-may-2008[2]

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