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Poppenwier
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Poppenwier (; ) is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 170 in January 2017.
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It sits within the topics Populated places in Friesland and Súdwest-Fryslân.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Poppenwier
- Region
- Fryslân
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 170
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- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Súdwest-Fryslân
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Poppenwier Marsherne.jpg
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- Poppenwier
- postal code
- 9013
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Poppenwier (; ) is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 170 in January 2017.
==History== The village was first mentioned in 1401 as Popengwere, and means "terp of the people of Poppa (person)". Poppenwier is a terp (artificial living hill) village from the early middle ages. The small terp is densely build up with a rectangular structure and a circle around the church. It was the furthest landinwards terp of Friesland.
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