Den Burg
Encyclopedia
Den Burg is a town in the Dutch
province of North Holland
. It is a part of the municipality of Texel
, on the island of that name, and lies about 12 km north of Den Helder
.
Den Burg is the largest and least touristic village of the island, though it has a historic centre, and it is the main town of the municipality. It is located in the middle of the island. The town hall is situated here. Outdoor markets are held each week in the main square.
In 2001, the town of Den Burg had 6160 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 1.47 km², and contained 2645 residences. The slightly larger statistical district "Den Burg" has a population of around 6380.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
province of North Holland
North Holland
North Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...
. It is a part of the municipality of Texel
Texel
Texel is a municipality and an island in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the biggest and most populated of the Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea, and also the westernmost of this archipelago, which extends to Denmark...
, on the island of that name, and lies about 12 km north of Den Helder
Den Helder
Den Helder is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula...
.
Den Burg is the largest and least touristic village of the island, though it has a historic centre, and it is the main town of the municipality. It is located in the middle of the island. The town hall is situated here. Outdoor markets are held each week in the main square.
In 2001, the town of Den Burg had 6160 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 1.47 km², and contained 2645 residences. The slightly larger statistical district "Den Burg" has a population of around 6380.
Notable people from Den Burg
- Willem Eduard Bok (1846–1904), State Secretary of the South African Republic (Transvaal) 1880-1889.
- Hans KampHans KampJohan Anthony Willem Kamp is a Dutch philosopher and linguist, responsible for introducing Discourse Representation Theory in 1981. Kamp received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from UCLA in 1968...
(born 1940), philosopher, creator of discourse representation theoryDiscourse representation theoryDiscourse Representation Theory is a framework for exploring meaning under a formal semantics approach. One of the main differences between DRT-style approaches and traditional Montagovian approaches is that DRT-style approaches include a level of abstract mental representations within its...
(DRT) - Henk Zijm (born 1952), mathematician, professor and Rector Magnificus (2005-2008) at the University of Twente.