Marum () is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and a former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the northeastern
Netherlands
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. The municipality was merged into the municipality of
Westerkwartier on 1 January 2019.
History
Marum is located in the
peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficient ...
area, and was an agricultural village.
It was first mentioned in 1385 and probably means village near the lake. In 1795, it was home to 351 people.
Marum started to industrialise in the early 20th century,
the tram from
Groningen to
Drachten resulted in further growth.
The construction of the
A7 motorway has resulted in the development of a suburban town.
In 2019, it ceased to be an independent municipality and was merged into
Westerkwartier.
Former population centres
Boerakker,
Jonkersvaart,
Lucaswolde, Marum,
Niebert,
Noordwijk
Noordwijk () is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water and had a population of in .
On 1 January 2019, the former municipality of Noordwij ...
,
Nuis,
De Wilp.
Notable people
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Tjeerd van Dekken (born 1967), politician
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Aafje Looijenga-Vos (1928–2018), crystallographer
Gallery
File:Marum, de Hervormde kerk RM28286 foto2 2015-05-10 15.11.jpg, Marum, reformed church
File:Gem-Marum-OpenTopo.jpg, Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Marum, June 2015
File:Coöperatieve zuivelfabriek zuidelijk wester kwartier in Marum.jpg, Dairy factory
File:Marum - molen van Benedictus.jpg, Base of a former windmill
References
External links
Westerkwartier (municipality)
Former municipalities of Groningen (province)
Populated places in Groningen (province)
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019
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