Burgum

Also known as Bergum

thumb|De Poppestien, Burgum Burgum is the largest and administrative town of the municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel, in the Dutch province of Friesland. It had a population of 10,058 inhabitants in January 2017.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Burgum is referenced by 71 other articles, and connects out to Netherlands, time zone and lake.

The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Populated places in Friesland and Tytsjerksteradiel.

Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Burgum
Settlement.native_name: Bergum
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Burgum, de Kruiskerk RM35634 foto2 2015-05-10 11.36.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Burgum, church: de Kruiskerk
Settlement.image_flag: Bergum vlag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Burgum wapen.svg
Settlement.image_map: Map NL Tytsjerksteradiel Burgum.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the village in Tytsjerksteradiel
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
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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Wikidata facts

Image: BurgumAPR2018-1.jpg

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Commons category: Burgum
postal code: 9251
P8168: Fleuré

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Encyclopedic overview

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Notable buildings
Notable people associated with Burgum
References

On 1 January 1989 the official name of the village was changed from Bergum to Burgum. This was done to match the Frisian name of the village. Bergum is the current name in Dutch.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burgum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.