Achthuizen

Achthuizen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee, and lies about 17 km south of Spijkenisse.

Achthuizen
Village
Windmill Windlust
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Coordinates: 51.6872262°N 4.2811338°E / 51.6872262; 4.2811338
Country	Netherlands
Province	South Holland
Municipality	Goeree-Overflakkee
Area [1]
• Total	10.63 km2 (4.10 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	0.5 m (1.6 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,075
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3256[1]
Dialing code	0187

The village was first mentioned around 1750 as "De Agthuisen", and means "eight houses".^[3] Achthuizen has two diagonally placed centres and looks like a number 8 from the air. Most of the settlement dates from after 1930. Achthuizen was a Roman Catholic enclave on the Protestant island of Goeree. The Catholic Assumption of Mary Church is a neoclassic church from 1846.^[4]

The village has a working windmill, Windlust, which is operated on a volunteer basis.^[5]

Gallery

• 
  Assumption of Mary Church (1968)
• 
  Crashed helicopter during the North Sea flood of 1953

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 3256AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
3. "Achthuizen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
4. "Achthuizen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 May 2022.
5. "Windlust (Achthuizen, Zuid-Holland)". Nederlandse Molendatabase. Retrieved 2013-05-12.