{{Infobox settlement | name = Huizinge | settlement_type = [[Village]] | image_skyline = Huizinge Church.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Church of Huizinge in 2007 | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Netherlands Groningen#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]] in the [[Netherlands]] | coordinates = {{coord|53|21|N|6|40|E|region:NL-GR|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]] | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = [[Eemsdelta]] | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric <!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion --> <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 0.15 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9992TR |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 7 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = 1.2 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 105 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]] | postal_code = 9992<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]] | area_code = 0595 | iso_code = | footnotes = }}
'''Huizinge''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦœyzɪŋə}}; {{langx|gos|Hoezen}} {{IPA|gos|ˈɦuːzn̩|}}) is a [[village]] with a population of 100 in the municipality of [[Eemsdelta]] in the province of [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]] in the northeast of the [[Netherlands]].
On 16 August 2012, the heaviest [[induced seismicity|induced]] [[List of earthquakes in the Netherlands|earthquake in the Netherlands]] with a [[moment magnitude|magnitude]] of 3.6 occurred with its epicentre in Huizinge.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.knmi.nl/seismologie/geinduceerde-bevingen-nl.pdf Geïnduceerde aardbevingen in Nederland], [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]], 2013. Retrieved on 20 March 2015.</ref>
==History== The village was first mentioned between 822 and 856 as "in Hustinga". The etymology is unclear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/huizinge |title=Huizinge - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Huizinge is a ''[[terp]]'' (artificial living hill) village with a grid like structure. Part of the ''terp'' was later excavated.<ref name="monument">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu04_01/sten009monu04_01_0048.php |title=Huizinge |author=Ronald Stenvert & Redmer Alma |location=Zwolle |publisher=Waanders |year=1998 |isbn=90 400 9258 3 |language=nl |access-date=7 April 2022}}</ref>
The Dutch Reformed church dates from the 13th century. The 14th-century tower was enlarged in 1847, but replaced again in 1868 by the current tower,<ref name="monument"/> because the structure leaked and the wood started to rot.<ref name="plaats"/>
Huizinge was home to 263 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/huizinge |title=Huizinge |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Huizinge - pastorie.jpg|Former clergy house File:Brug over huizinger maar.JPG|Bridge over the Huizingen Maar File:Huizinge - Eenkemaheerd.jpg|Farm in Huizinge File:Huizinge - verbouwde paardestal vermaning.jpg|Former horse stables File:Huizinge Church.JPG|Huizinge Church
File:Huizinge, Jehannes de Dopertsjerke.jpg|Huizinge, Jehannes de Dopertsjerke </gallery>
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== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Huizinge}}
{{Dutch municipality Eemsdelta}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)]] [[Category:Eemsdelta]]
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