The Hague Center

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name=Centrum
caption=Location of Centrum


gemeente=Den Haag
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population=96,000
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The Hague city center has 90,000 cite web
url=http://www.denhaag.nl/Docs/bsd/stadsdelen/bescentrumdef.pdf
publisher=Municipality of The Hague
language=dutch
title=Description of the city center
month=October
year=2002
format=pdf
pages=68
accessdate=2006-06-20] inhabitants and is the oldest part of The Hague. It consists of nine parts. This article briefly describes all nine parts that make up the city center.

Archipelbuurt

The neighbourhood Archipelbuurt / Willemspark was largely built at the end of the 19th century. On the south-west border is a Jewish cemetery that dates back to 1694. Later on both the non-denominatioal Roman-Catholic cemeteries were also situated in this location. The neighbourhood has many wide avenues and streets with large houses, although housing in the smaller streets is more modest. There are even so-called 'hofjeswoningen', an early form of socialized housing. A lot of the large houses nowadays are used as offices, for example at the Nassauplein, the Koninginnegracht and the Laan Copes van Cattenburgh. On the southern border of the Archipelbuurt there are newly built offices, the police headquarters and the Nationale Investeringsbank (National Investment Bank).

Zeeheldenkwartier

tationsbuurt

Oude centrum

Kortenbos

Kortenbos consists of two separate parts. Most inhabitants of The Hague define Kortenbos as the area between the Jan Hendrikstraat/Torenstraat, Noordwal, Lijnbaan and Prinsegracht. This is the area where the neighborhood association is active. However, the area north of the Torenstraat/Jan Hendirkstraat is also part of the neighbourhood. This is the Hofkwartier district, located around the Molenstraat, Oude Molstraat and Noordeinde.

Kortenbos' main function is living. In earlier days there were a lot of small companies and some larger companies, for example the Zuid Hollandse Bierbrouwerijen (South Holland Brewery) located on the Noordwal. The neighbourhood was partly reorganised in the early 1930s, with a second, more intense reorganisation in the 1970s. A lot of old houses and industrial buildings were demolished and replaced with new buildings, mainly socialized housing. The two 'hofjes' in Kortenbos were tidied up; the monumental 'Hofje van Nieuwkoop' and the 'Hofje van Vredebest'. The renovation was officially finished in 1991, although a new project was started immediately after, involving housing on the former location of the bathhouse on the Torenstraat.

Voorhout

childerswijk

Transvaal

Transvaal is a multi-ethnic area with around 20,000 inhabitance.

ee also

*Districts of The Hague

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