Hague, The | Catholic AnswersHague, the (Fr. LA HAYE; Dutch 's GRAVENHAGE, "the Count's Park"; Lat. HAGA COMITIS), capital and seat of Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as of the (civil) Province of South Holland. It is situated two miles from the shores of the German Ocean, on a piece of low ground, which was at one time thickly wooded, between the mouths of the Maas and the Old Rhine. In 1908 it had 254,500 inhabitants, of whom 71,000 were Catholics.

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