Marum

Town and former municipality in Groningen, Netherlands

Flag

Coat of arms

Location in Groningen

53°9′N 6°16′E / 53.150°N 6.267°E / 53.150; 6.267Country

NetherlandsProvince

GroningenMunicipality

WesterkwartierMerged2019Area

^[1]

• Total43.58 km² (16.83 sq mi)Elevation

^[2]

3 m (10 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total8,125 • Density190/km² (480/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postcode

9363^[1]

Area code0594

Marum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːrʏm] ^ⓘ) is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. The municipality was merged into the municipality of Westerkwartier on 1 January 2019.^[3]

History

Marum is located in the peat area, and was an agricultural village.^[4] It was first mentioned in 1385 and probably means village near the lake.^[5] In 1795, it was home to 351 people.^[6]

Marum started to industrialise in the early 20th century,^[7] the tram from Groningen to Drachten resulted in further growth.^[4] The construction of the A7 motorway has resulted in the development of a suburban town.^[7] In 2019, it ceased to be an independent municipality and was merged into Westerkwartier.^[3]

Former population centres

Boerakker, Jonkersvaart, Lucaswolde, Marum, Niebert, Noordwijk, Nuis, De Wilp.

Notable people

Tjeerd van Dekken (born 1967), politician^[8]
Aafje Looijenga-Vos (1928–2018), crystallographer^[9]

Gallery

Marum, reformed church
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Marum, June 2015
Dairy factory
Base of a former windmill

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 9363BA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2019". CBS (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b Redmer Alma (1998). Marum (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. p. 159. ISBN 90 400 9258 3. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "Marum". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ Verdeling van de provintie van Stad en Lande (in Dutch). Groningen: Oomkens. 1796. p. 36. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Marum". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ "Tj.R. (Tjeerd) van Dekken". Dutch Parliament (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ Bram Schierbeek (2018). "Aafje Looijenga-Vos (1928-2018)". International Union of Crystallography. Retrieved 9 March 2022.