Usquert is a village in the
Dutch
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province of
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
. It is located in the municipality of
Het Hogeland
Het Hogeland is a municipality in the north of the province of Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.
History
The municipality of Het Hogeland was established on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne, Eemsmond ...
. It had a population of around 1,415 in January 2017.
History
Usquert was a separate municipality until 1990, when it became part of
Hefshuizen Hefshuizen is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Groningen.
Hefshuizen was created in 1979, in the merger of the former municipalities of Uithuizen and Uithuizermeeden. In 1990, Kantens, Usquert, and Warffum were added, and in 1992, t ...
.
After that, the name of the municipality was changed to Eemsmond in 1992.
Image:Usquert.JPG, The church on the wierde
A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and ...
File:Oude gemeentehuis Usquert.jpg, Former Usquert town hall
File:Raadhuisstraat 5 Usquert.JPG, Villa in Usquert
File:Gaykema Heerd Usquert 2.JPG, Farm in Usquert
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Het Hogeland
Populated places in Groningen (province)
Former municipalities of Groningen (province)
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