Petten
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 North Holland
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| local community |
 Beating
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Area - land - water |
3.56 km 2 3.54 km 2 0.02 km 2 |
| Residents | 1,620 (Jan 1, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 46 ′ N , 4 ° 40 ′ E |
| Important traffic route |
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| prefix | 0224 |
| Postcodes | 1755 |
Petten is a village in the Dutch province of Noord-Holland with 1,620 inhabitants. It is located in the municipality of Schagen (until the end of 2012 Zijpe ) behind the “Pettemer Zeewering” dike.
history
On November 21, 1421, the village was destroyed by the Sint Elisabethsvloed , then it was rebuilt further inland, where it was destroyed again in the 17th century by another storm surge . In 1943, Petten was blown up by German troops and rebuilt by the residents after the end of the war. To commemorate this event, a column made of stones from the destroyed church stands in the town center.
The Dutch energy research center ECN (which is actually closer to the neighboring municipality of St. Maartenszee , but still belongs to Petten) is of international importance . It has existed since 1955 and is also the seat of the Institute for Energy of the Joint Research Center of the European Commission .
In terms of tourism, Petten offers its visitors numerous opportunities, such as sea fishing , beach access for wheelchair users and extensive cycling and hiking trails on the dike and through the surrounding dunes . Since 2015, the municipality of Petten has had a significantly enlarged beach area, which until then only extended to the north.
Hondsbossche dunes
The dike "Hondsbossche and Pettemer Zeewering" south of Petten was heavily fortified by asphalt and stone work , so that the beach in front was unattractive and hardly usable. With the “Kust op Kracht” project, Rijkswaterstaat , the authority responsible for hydraulic engineering and coastal protection, created the Hondsbos dunes, which extend as far as the Schoorlser dunes . In the information center for coastal protection "zand tegen zee", the history and the construction work is brought closer to the visitor in words and pictures.
Web links
- Information on coastal reinforcement in the province of North Holland (Dutch)
- Website of the Energy research Center of the Netherlands (English, Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on May 18, 2018 (Dutch)