Wijnjewoude
Wijnjewoude
Wynjewâld | |
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Village | |
 Wijnjewoude church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Opsterland municipality | |
  Wijnjewoude Location in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 53°03′22″N 6°12′22″E / 53.05611°N 6.20611°E | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Province |  Friesland |
| Municipality |  Opsterland |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 2,025 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 9241 |
| Telephone area | 0516 |
| Website | Official |
Wijnjewoude (Template:Lang-fry) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 2,025 in January 2017.[1] The villages of Duurswoude and Wijnjeterp were founded in the late Middle Ages next to one-another. After World War II the villages started to expand, and merged into a single village called Wijnjewoude in 1974.[2]
Notable people
- Teus Hagen (1945), internet pioneer.[3]
References
- ^ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 - CBS Statline
- ^ "Historie van Wijnjewoude". Friesland Wonderland (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Helmut Neumann: Das Lexikon der Internetpioniere. Flintbek, 2001.
External links
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