Northern Netherlands
Groningen
Het Hogeland

Winsum

Winsum is a town in , and has about 7,470 residents. Winsum is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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  • Type: Town with 7,470 residents
  • Description: village in Het Hogeland, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 9951
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Gemeentehuis Het Hogeland and Winsum railway station.

Town hall
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is a town hall.

Railway station
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Winsum is a railway station located in Winsum, . The station was opened on 16 August 1893 and is located on the Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway. The train services are operated by Arriva.

Museum
Photo: Johan van Dijk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hogeland and Klein Garnwerd.

Photo: Wutsje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Hoogeland is a region in the north of the province of in the . The borders of the historical region are not well-defined, but generally it refers to the parts of the province north of the Reitdiep river and Damsterdiep canal, or simply north of .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Hamlet
De is a former hamlet in the province of . It was located about 1 km south of . According to the 19th-century historian A.J. van der Aa, the hamlet consisted of four farms, stretching from east to west. is situated 3 km north of Winsum.

Winsum

Latitude
53.32841° or 53° 19′ 42″ north
Longitude
6.5164° or 6° 30′ 59″ east
Population
7,470
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL WNS
Open location code
9F588GH8+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 48391370
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2744337
Wiki­data ID
Q9385034
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Zeeuws—“Winsum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վինսում”
  • Catalan: “Winsum”
  • Cebuano: “Winsum”
  • Chinese: “Winsum”
  • Dutch: “Winsum (dorp in Groningen)”
  • Dutch: “Winsum”
  • French: “Winsum”
  • German: “Winsum”
  • Hungarian: “Winsum”
  • Irish: “Winsum”
  • Low German: “Winzum”
  • Luxembourgish: “Winsum”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Winsum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Winsum”
  • Portuguese: “Winsum”
  • Russian: “Винсюм”
  • Ukrainian: “Вінсюм”
  • Volapük: “Winsum”
  • Western Frisian: “Winsum”
  • Zeeuws: “Winsum (Greunienge)”
  • Zeeuws: “Winsum”

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