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Kimswerd
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Kimswerd () is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 565 in January 2017.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Kimswerd is referenced by 106 other articles, and connects out to municipality of the Netherlands, Netherlands and time zone.
Vinony files it under Populated places in Friesland and Súdwest-Fryslân.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kimswerd
- Settlement.native_name
- Kimswert
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kimswerd - Kerktoren Sint-Laurentiuskerk.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- St Lawrence church
- Settlement.image_flag
- Kimswert vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kimswerd wapen.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Map NL Wûnseradiel Kimswert.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the former Wûnseradiel municipality
- 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
- Official name
- Kimswert
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Súdwest-Fryslân
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- 20190903 Harlingervaart Streek in Kimswerd.jpg
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Kimswerd () is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 565 in January 2017.
==History== The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Kemmerswerth, and means "terp village of Kemme (person). Kimswerd is a terp (artificial living hill) village. Archaeological finds have been discovered in the terp from the Roman era. The village used to have a grid structure and was located along the former Marneslenk, a bay in the Wadden Sea. Around 1850, the road from Bolsward to Harlingen was paved, and the village extended towards the road.
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