Baarsdorpermeer is a

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and

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in the municipality of

Koggenland Koggenland () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in North Holland province and the region of West Friesland (region), West-Frisia of the Netherlands. It came into existence on 1 January 2007 upon the merger of the two former mun ...

in the province of

North Holland North Holland (, ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht (province), Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevola ...

in the

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. The hamlet is named after the water, which itself would have been named after an older place called ''Baarsdorp'', which was first attested in 1345 as ''Barsdorp''. This would probably have been a compound of the

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''Baer'' (a personal name) and ''dorp'' ('village'). The current place was mentioned in 1745 as ''Baersdorpermeer'', which itself is a compound of ''Baersdorp'' and ''meer'' ('lake'). The hamlet formally falls under the village of Zuidermeer. The place is located in the extension of that village and continues to . It is located in the Baarsdorpmeerpolder and just west of the city of

Hoorn Hoorn () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. It is the largest town an ...

. Until 1 January 1979 Baarsdorpermeer fell under the city and municipality of

Berkhout Berkhout is a village in the northwest Netherlands. It is in the municipality of Koggenland, North Holland, about west of Hoorn. History The village was first mentioned around 1312 as Berchout, and means "deciduous forest of birch (''Betula'' ...

. From 1979 to 2007 it belonged to the municipality of

Wester-Koggenland Wester-Koggenland () is a former municipality of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland (region), West-Frisia. The municipality ceased to exist on 1 January 2007 when it merged with Obdam to for ...

, into which the municipality of Berkhout was merged. Baarsdorpermeer falls almost entirely within the village area of Zuidermeer. Until the 1980s, that was a quarter of the place. This is also where most of the houses are found. As one travels further from the village centre, one also encounters more agricultural habitation. Baarsdorpermeer has one side road, which also dead ends at an agricultural company. The water of De Kromme Leek starts at Baarsdorpermeer and continues to

Medemblik Medemblik () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West Friesland (region), West-Frisia. It lies immediately south of the polder and former municipality of Wieringermeer. History Med ...

. This water was an important drainage water before the exploitation of the

peat Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...

area from the

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and also after the exploitation. At the area border with Lekermeer and Wognum, the area still has the old typical type of local allotment. Further on, the winding course has been preserved as much as possible during the centuries-later

land consolidation Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of Earth not submerged by the ocean or another body of water. It makes up 29.2% of Earth's surface and includes all continents and islands. Earth's land surface ...

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