Zuidermeer is a village in the

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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 ...

. It is a part of 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 ...

and lies about 6 km west 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 ...

. The village was first mentioned in 1665 as ''Zuyder M.'', and means "southern lake". It refers to the

Baarsdorpermeer Baarsdorpermeer is a hamlet and polder in the municipality of Koggenland in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. The hamlet is named after the water, which itself would have been named after an older place called ''Baarsdorp'', whic ...

which was ''

polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrology, hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as levee, dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclamation, Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a ...

''ed in 1624. ''Zuid-'' ("south") has been added to distinguish from Noordermeer. Zuidermeer was home to 87 people in 1840. In 1898, a railway station opened on the

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railway line. It closed in 1938. In 1934, the Catholic Our Lady of Lourdes Church was built with the expectation that the village would grow in the future. The village house moved into the church after the local pub closed down, and it was decided in 2007 to transform the church in a multifunctional centre.

Gallery

Image:zuidermeer_nl_road.jpg, A street in Zuidermeer Image:zuidermeer_nl_field_and_train.jpg, Rural landscape of Zuidermeer

References

Populated places in North Holland Koggenland {{NorthHolland-geo-stub