Zwaag is a town on the north side of the Dutch Town Hoorn in the province of North Holland. It was until 1980, a little farming village. It became part of Hoorn in 1979 inorder for Hoorn to expande and take up the surplus population of Amsterdam. At this point in time only a few of the farmers remain. Most of the land that belonged to Zwaag is now urbaniced and on places were no house are build, industrial zones have sprung up. Hoorn is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... North Holland (Dutch: Noord-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the northwest part of the country. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates 52°22′N 4°54′E Website www. ...

Zwaag still holds a Carnaval festival every year in february. See also: Carnival Corporation, Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnivàle Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival parade is a public celebration, combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ...