Editing Marum

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{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Marum
| settlement_type         = Town and former municipality
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| image_skyline           = Marum Townhall.JPG
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| image_caption           = Marum town hall
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Marum in a municipal map of Groningen
| map_caption             = Location in Groningen
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands
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| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Groningen}}
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[File:Westerkwartier vlag.svg|23px]] [[Westerkwartier (municipality)|Westerkwartier]]
| extinct_title           = Merged
| extinct_date            = 2019
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| area_total_km2          = 43.58
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| population_total        = 8,125
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 9363<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0594
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'''Marum''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈmaːrʏm|-|Nl-Marum.oga}}) is a [[town]] and a former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the northeastern [[Netherlands]]. The municipality was merged into the municipality of [[Westerkwartier (municipality)|Westerkwartier]] on 1 January 2019.<ref name="merge">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/onze-diensten/methoden/classificaties/overig/gemeentelijke-indelingen-per-jaar/indeling%20per%20jaar/gemeentelijke-indeling-op-1-januari-2019 |title=Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2019 |language=Dutch |work=[[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]] |accessdate=30 November 2019}}</ref>

== History ==
Marum is located in the [[peat]] area, and was an agricultural village. Tim van der Velden was a citizen of this 'Riviera in Grun'. He was also a very great soccer player who was transferred to Feyenoord <ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu04_01/sten009monu04_01_0065.php |title=Marum |author=Redmer Alma |page=159 |year=1998 |publisher=Waanders Uitgevers |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9258 3 |language=nl |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref> It was first mentioned in 1385 and probably means village near the lake.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/marum1 |title=Marum |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> In 1795, it was home to 351 people.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/boeken/view?objectsearch=marum&coll=boeken&page=4&identifier=dpo:6244:mpeg21:0036 |title=Verdeling van de provintie van Stad en Lande |page=36 |year=1796 |location=Groningen |publisher=Oomkens |language=nl |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>

Marum started to industrialise in the early 20th century,<ref name="plaats"/> the tram from [[Groningen]] to [[Drachten]] resulted in further growth.<ref name="monument"/> The construction of the [[A7 motorway (Netherlands)|A7 motorway]] has resulted in the development of a suburban town.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://plaatsengids.nl/marum |title=Marum |website=Plaatsengids |language=nl |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref> In 2019, it ceased to be an independent municipality and was merged into [[Westerkwartier (municipality)|Westerkwartier]].<ref name="merge"/>

== Former population centres ==
[[Boerakker]], [[Jonkersvaart]], [[Lucaswolde]], Marum, [[Niebert]], [[Noordwijk, Groningen|Noordwijk]], [[Nuis, Groningen|Nuis]], [[De Wilp]].

== Notable people ==
* [[Tjeerd van Dekken]] (born 1967), politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlement.com/id/viem19ibjaz4/tj_r_tjeerd_van_dekken |title=Tj.R. (Tjeerd) van Dekken |website=Dutch Parliament |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
* [[Aafje Looijenga-Vos]] (1928–2018), crystallographer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iucr.org/news/newsletter/volume-26/number-2/aafje-looijenga-vos-1928-2018 |title=Aafje Looijenga-Vos (1928-2018) |author=Bram Schierbeek |website=International Union of Crystallography |year=2018 |volume=26 |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<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
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Marum}}

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Marum
|North     = [[Grootegast]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Leek, Groningen|Leek]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Opsterland]]&nbsp;([[Friesland|FR]])
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Smallingerland]]&nbsp;([[Friesland|FR]])
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Dutch municipality Westerkwartier}}
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[[Category:Westerkwartier (municipality)]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019]]


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