Waaxens
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Waaxens () is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of only 35 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Waaxens is referenced by 64 other articles, and connects out to municipality of the Netherlands, Netherlands and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Noardeast-Fryslân and Populated places in Friesland.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Waaxens
- Settlement.native_name
- Waaksens
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sint-Thomaskerk Waaxens.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- St Thomas' church
- Settlement.image_flag
- Waaxens vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Waaksens (Dongeradeel) wapen.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Map NL Dongeradiel Waaksens.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in the former Dongeradeel municipality
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- Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- 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
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Noardeast-Fryslân
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Sint-Thomaskerk Waaxens.jpg
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- postal code
- 9152
- Commons category
- Waaksens, Noardeast-Fryslân
- P8168
- aptitude
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Waaxens () is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of only 35 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.
The village was first mentioned between 825 and 842 as Wacheringe, and means "settlement of the people of Wachsa". Waaxens is a terp (artificial living mound) village with houses randomly scatter on terp. The Dutch Reformed church dates from the 12th century, but has been extensively modified in the 15th century. In 1840, it was home to 73 people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waaxens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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