Noord-Polsbroek
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Noord-Polsbroek is a former village and municipality in the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of Utrecht
Utrecht (province)
Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands in terms of area, and is located in the centre of the country. It is bordered by the Eemmeer in the north, Gelderland in the east, the river Rhine in the south, South Holland in the west, and North Holland in the northwest...

. It existed between 1817 and 1857, when it merged with Zuid-Polsbroek
Zuid-Polsbroek
Zuid-Polsbroek was a semi-sovereign or free and high fief , now part of Polsbroek in the Dutch province of Utrecht...

 to form a single municipality Polsbroek.

Noord-Polsbroek was the northern half of Polsbroek, north of the small river the Benschopse Wetering. Around 1850, the municipality had a population of about 410.
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