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Bakkeveen
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Bakkeveen (; ) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in eastern Friesland (Fryslân) in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,465 in January 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bakkeveen
- Region
- Fryslân
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,450
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bakkeveen
- Settlement.native_name
- Bakkefean
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- De Slotplaats, Bakkeveen.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- De Slotplaats
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bakkeveen vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Bakkefean wapen.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Map NL Opsterlân Bakkefean.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Opsterland municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Friesland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
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Bakkeveen (; ) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in eastern Friesland (Fryslân) in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,465 in January 2017.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1232-1233 as "apud Backenvene", and means "raised bog of Bakke (person)". Bakkeveen developed in the 13th century around the outpost Mariënhof of monastery in Hallum.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bakkeveen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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