Buitenpost

Buitenpost (Bûtenpost in West Frisian) is a village in north-east Friesland in the Netherlands.

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Settlement.name: Buitenpost
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Buitenpost, de Mariakerk RM7036 foto4 2013-08-25 14.30.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Maria Church
Settlement.image_flag: Buitenpost vlag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Buitenpost wapen.svg
Settlement.image_map: Map NL Achtkarspelen Bûtenpost.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Achtkarspelen municipality
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption

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Buitenpost (Bûtenpost in West Frisian) is a village in north-east Friesland in the Netherlands.

It lies approximately halfway between the cities of Leeuwarden (the capital of Friesland) and Groningen, in the northern part of the municipality of Achtkarspelen. With 5,762 inhabitants, Buitenpost is the second largest settlement in the municipality.