Marum () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the northeastern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The municipality was merged into the municipality of

Westerkwartier The Westerkwartier (; en, Western Quarter) is a historical region in the Dutch province of Groningen, at the border with the provinces of Drenthe and Friesland. In the past the area was part of the historical region of Frisia. The West Frisi ...

on 1 January 2019.

History

Marum is located in the

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area, and was an agricultural village. It was first mentioned in 1385 and probably means village near the lake. In 1795, it was home to 351 people. Marum started to industrialise in the early 20th century, the tram from

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 ...

to Drachten resulted in further growth. The construction of the A7 motorway has resulted in the development of a suburban town. In 2019, it ceased to be an independent municipality and was merged into

Former population centres

Boerakker, Jonkersvaart, Lucaswolde, Marum, Niebert,

Noordwijk Noordwijk () is a town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water and had a population of in . On 1 January 2019, the former municipality of Noordwij ...

, Nuis,

De Wilp De Wilp ( West Frisian: ''De Wylp'') is a village in the Netherlands south of the town of Marum. It is largely located in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen, but a few houses of the village are in the municipality o ...

Notable people

Tjeerd van Dekken Tjeerd Rienk van Dekken (born 14 May 1967) is a Dutch politician and former communication employee. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) he was an MP between 17 June 2010 and 23 March 2017. He focuses on matters of sports pol ...

(born 1967), politician *

Aafje Looijenga-Vos Aafje Looijenga-Vos (29 April 1928 in Marum – 4 November 2018 in Amersfoort) was a Dutch crystallographer. She was a professor for general chemistry and later for structural chemistry at the University of Groningen. Life She studied chemistry ...

(1928–2018), crystallographer

Gallery

File:Marum, de Hervormde kerk RM28286 foto2 2015-05-10 15.11.jpg, Marum, reformed church File:Gem-Marum-OpenTopo.jpg, Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Marum, June 2015 File:Coöperatieve zuivelfabriek zuidelijk wester kwartier in Marum.jpg, Dairy factory File:Marum - molen van Benedictus.jpg, Base of a former windmill

References

External links

Westerkwartier (municipality) Former municipalities of Groningen (province) Populated places in Groningen (province) Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019 {{Groningen-geo-stub