Harmelen

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Harmelen in the municipality of Woerden.

Harmelen (52°5′N 4°58′E / 52.083°N 4.967°E / 52.083; 4.967) is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Woerden, and lies about 6 km east of Woerden.

In 2001, the town of Harmelen had 6557 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 1.11 km², and contained 2481 residences.^[1]

Harmelen is on the railway line between Utrecht and Woerden; its train station was opened on 21 May 1855 and closed on 15 May 1936^[2]. In 1962, two passenger trains collided near Harmelen. The Harmelen train disaster, resulting in 93 fatalities, was the largest train accident in Dutch history.

The village used to be a separate municipality, until it merged with Woerden in 2001. Before the merger the municipality of harmelen had about 8000 inhabitants.

[edit] References

1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
2. ^ Stationsweb.nl[2]

[edit] External links

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Harmelen". Map of the former municipality in 1868.

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