Soestduinen is a hamlet in the
Dutch
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Places
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People E ...
province of
Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Nethe ...
. It is a part of the municipality of
Soest, and lies about 3 km south of Soest.
The hamlet was first mentioned in 1936 as Soestduinen, and means the dunes near
Soest. The railway station Soestduinen has existed between 1863 and 1998, and was called Soestduinen since 1922. The hamlet has always had place name signs, but since 2009, it reads Soest with Soestduinen underneath to emphasise that it is a hamlet belonging to Soest.
Gallery
File:Soest Van Weerden Poelmanweg 2 Pompstation Soestduinen.jpg, Pumping station
File:Soestduinen station 0.JPG, Former railway station building
File:Soestduinen Van Weerden Poelmanweg 1-3.JPG, Houses in Soestduinen
File:Soestduinen.jpg, Old postcard of a holiday resort in Soestduinen
References
Populated places in Utrecht (province)
Soest, Netherlands
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