Winsum

upright=1.35|thumb|Dutch Topographic map of Winsum, July 2013 Winsum (; ) is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 the municipality merged with the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne and Eemsmond to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Winsum
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and former municipality
Settlement.image_flag: VlagWinsum.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Winsum wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0053 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Winsum in a municipal map of Groningen
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Groningen
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Groningen
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Het Hogeland
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 27.82
Settlement.elevation_m: 1

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Twin town
Sport
Cycling
Notable people
Gallery
References
External links

The town of Winsum was officially established in 1057 as the fusion of three historic villages: Obergum (North), Winsum (center) and Bellingeweer (South). The majority of the town's 8,000 inhabitants commute to the nearby city Groningen.

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