Jaarsveld

Jaarsveld
Town

Polderhuis

The town (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Jaarsveld in the municipality of Lopik.
Coordinates: 51°58′0″N 4°59′0″E / 51.96667°N 4.98333°ECoordinates: 51°58′0″N 4°59′0″E / 51.96667°N 4.98333°E
Country Netherlands
Province Utrecht
Municipality Lopik
Population (2001)
 • Total 248
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Jaarsveld is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Lopik, and lies about 7 km southwest of IJsselstein.

In 2001, the town of Jaarsveld had 248 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.07 km², and contained 83 residences.[1] The wider statistical district has about 330 inhabitants.[2]

Jaarsveld used to be a separate municipality, covering a large part of the current municipality of Lopik south of the Lopiker Wetering and Enge IJssel rivers. It merged with the municipality of Lopik in 1943. A large part of the village of Lopik is actually built in the former municipality of Jaarsveld.

During the middleage until the early 20th century Jaarsveld was a vrije en hoge heerlijkheid [3] owned by the van Arkels, Egmonds, Orange-Nassau, van Voorst tot Voorst and de Witts from Dordrecht. As a free a high fief, Jaarsveld was an independent of the provinces Holland or Utrecht, like the larger Barony of IJsselstein to the east.

References

  1. ↑ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  2. ↑ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Gemeente Op Maat 2004: Lopik .
  3. ↑ Hedendaagsche historie, of tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren, Bd. XVII, 7, Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam 1748, p. 569 Google Booksearch

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