Oosterend

This article is about the town in Texel. For the town in Littenseradiel, see Easterein. For the town in Terschelling, see Oosterend, Terschelling.
Oosterend

The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Oosterend in the municipality of Texel.
Coordinates: 53°05′N 4°52′E / 53.083°N 4.867°ECoordinates: 53°05′N 4°52′E / 53.083°N 4.867°E
Country Netherlands
Province Noord-Holland
Municipality Texel
Area
 • Land 0.21 km2 (0.08 sq mi)
Population 1.200
 • Density 5,714/km2 (14,800/sq mi)
Website http://www.oosterendtexel.nl/
Aerial of Oosterend

Oosterend (53°5′N 4°53′E / 53.083°N 4.883°E) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Texel, and lies about 17 km northeast of Den Helder.

Oosterend is the second largest village on the island. Although it's situated further from the sea than Oudeschild it's the hometown of most fishermen on Texel. Oosterend is built around a church called Maartenskerk ("Saint Martin's Church"). The oldest parts of the church were built in the 11th century. Oosterend is sometimes called Jerusalem-of-the-north, this is caused due to five different religions in the village, Catholicism, Baptism, Dutch Reformed, Protestantism, Reformed-Gemeente. But this does not lead to conflicts, since all the religions live peacefully together. This is also the underlying cause of the fact that the relatively small community used to have three primary schools. From the school year 2013-2014 on they only have two left: The Catholic school and public school have fused into a public school with special attention for religion, since both schools ended up having less than fifty pupils. The even smaller reformed private school is, however, still in use.

In 2001, the town of Oosterend had 898 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.21 km², and contained 350 residences.[1] The wider statistical area of Oosterend has a population of around 990.[2]

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: Texel .