- Gieten
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caption = The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Gieten in the municipality of Aa en Hunze.Gieten is a town in the Dutch province of
Drenthe . It is a part of the municipality ofAa en Hunze , and lies about 13 km east ofAssen .Gieten was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Aa en Hunze. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]
In 2001, the town of Gieten had 4175 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 2.1 km², and contained 1778 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001"] . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).] The statistical area "Gieten", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 5360.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/dr/gieten.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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