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Armenian-Dutch ((オランダ語:Armeense Nederlanders)) are citizens of the Netherlands of Armenian ancestry. The exact number of Armenians in the country is unknown, since the Dutch Immigration Office only offers data on country of origin. It is unofficially estimated that about 6,000 to 9,000 Armenians live in the Netherlands. ==History== Armenian and Dutch interactions have is believed to have been started in the 13th and 14th century, when Dutch merchants arrived in Cilicia and Armenian trading houses opened in the Low Countries. Armenians brought in carpets, dyes, cotton, and spices from around the world and from Armenia itself. Apart from the contemporary Armenian community spread out over the Netherlands, there was an independent Armenian community concentrated in Amsterdam during the 17th and 18th centuries. Many Armenian merchants in Amsterdam went to Southeast Asia in the 19th century to trade, and to set up factories and plantations, establishing a community of Armenians in Java. The Napoleonic wars put an end to the Armenian life in the Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam was almost depopulated after its occupation by the French. A Dutch writer has said in De Amsterdammer, a magazine of the date of August 14, 1887 that "The story of the Armenian community is a golden page in the history of the city of Amsterdam." In 1713 the city of Amsterdam permitted the Armenians to erect a church of their own. After serving its purpose for about a century and a half, this edifice was closed because of the dwindling of its congregation. In 1874, by order of the Catholicos of Echmiadzin, the building was sold for 10,000 florins, which was transmitted to him.〔Vahan M. Kurkjian. ''A History of Armenia'', pp. 471〕 It is probable that the Armenian community assimilated into the wider Dutch nation during the 19th century. Armenians arrived from Indonesia (the former Dutch Indies in the 1950s), Turkey (1970s), Lebanon (1970s), Iran (1980s), Iraq (early 1990s), Russia and Armenia (1990s). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Armenian-Dutch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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