Kantens is a village in the
Dutch 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 (province), Groningen in the northeast of the Netherlands.
History
The municipality of Het Hogeland was established on 1 January 2019 by merging the municipalities of Bedu ...
, about 16 km north of the city 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 had a population of around 965 including the surrounding area in January 2017.
Kantens was a separate municipality until 1990, when it became a 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, the ...
.
[Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. ]
Gallery
File:Fata Morgana op het Groningerland - panoramio.jpg, Landscape near Kantens
File:Kantens - Bredewegstraat 6.jpg, Villa in Kantens
File:Kantens - Usquerderweg 2.jpg, Street view
File:Zijgevel - Kantens - 20123830 - RCE.jpg, Farm in Kantens
References
External links
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Het Hogeland
Populated places in Groningen (province)
Former municipalities of Groningen (province)
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