village of Halfweg

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The village of Halfweg is a small Dutch settlement in North Holland, situated roughly halfway between Amsterdam and Haarlem and known historically for its role along the Haarlemmertrekvaart canal.

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instanceOf human settlement
village
areaCode 020
continent Europe
coordinateLocation 52.382°N 4.763°E
country Netherlands
elevation approximately −0.3 metres
etymologyLanguage Dutch
hasCanalInfrastructure bridges
locks
hasEconomicActivity light industry
logistics and warehousing
hasHeritage industrial heritage of sugar production
hasLandmark St. Pancratius church
SugarCity complex
former sugar factory CSM Halfweg
sluice complex on Haarlemmertrekvaart
hasNearbyCity Amsterdam
Haarlem
hasNearbySettlement Zwanenburg NERFINISHED
hasRailwayStation Halfweg-Zwanenburg
hasRedevelopedSite SugarCity outlet and office complex
hasTransportConnection Amsterdam–Haarlem railway
Amsterdam–Haarlem tow-canal route
Dutch national road N200
historicalFunction stop on Haarlemmertrekvaart canal
toll and transfer point between boats and carriages
languageUsed Dutch
locatedBetween Amsterdam
Haarlem
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Haarlemmermeer
North Holland
locatedInOrNearby Haarlemmermeer polder
locatedInRegion Randstad
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedOnWaterway Buiten IJ
Haarlemmertrekvaart
Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer
mergerOrDissolutionDate 2019-01-01
nameMeaning halfway
partOf municipality of Haarlemmermeer
postalCode 1165
previouslyPartOf municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
railwayLine Amsterdam–Haarlem–Rotterdam railway
roadDistanceToAmsterdam approximately 8 kilometres
roadDistanceToHaarlem approximately 10 kilometres

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Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude contains village of Halfweg