Zwaag
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Zwaag is a town on the north side of the Dutch Town of Hoorn in the province of North Holland. It was, until 1980, a little farming road-village. It became part of Hoorn in 1979 in order for Hoorn to expand and take up the surplus population of Amsterdam. At this time only a few of the farmers remain. Most of the land that belonged to Zwaag is now urbanized and on places where no houses are built, industrial zones have sprung up. The Dorpsstraat is the main road in Zwaag.
Zwaag still holds a Carnaval festival every year in February, it being one of the biggest Carnival festivals in the northern parts of The Netherlands.
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