Westhoek
Westhoek is a village in Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of approximately 255 in 2021.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 257 residents
- Description: village in Waadhoeke, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Westhoek, Friesland”
- Postal code: 9075
Places of Interest
Highlights include Groate Kerk and Meinardskerk.
Meinardskerk
Church
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meinardskerk is a church, which is situated 3 km southeast of Westhoek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dijkshoek and Sint Jacobiparochie.
Dijkshoek
Hamlet
Dijkshoek is a hamlet in the Dutch municipality of Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland. It is located near the Wadden Sea north of Tzummarum and northwest of Firdgum, of which it is a part administratively.
Sint Jacobiparochie
Village
Sint Jacobiparochie is a village in the municipality of Waadhoeke in Friesland, the Netherlands. It lies about 13 km north of Franeker and had approximately 1,365 inhabitants in January 2017. Sint Jacobiparochie is situated 2½ km east of Westhoek.
Firdgum
Village
Photo: Ieneach fan ‘e Esk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Firdgum is a small village in Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 60 in January 2014. The Dutch reformed church of Firdgum was demolished in 1794 as it was in a state of disrepair, but the 13th-century church tower still remains to date. Firdgum is situated 3 km south of Westhoek.
Westhoek
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands and locality
- Location: Waadhoeke, Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
53.27623° or 53° 16′ 34″ northLongitude
5.57° or 5° 34′ 12″ eastPopulation
257United Nations Location Code
NL WHKOpen location code
9F577HG9+FXOpenStreetMap ID
node 48317665OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2744645Wikidata ID
Q2152607
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Westhoek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “De Westhoek”
- Cebuano: “Westhoek”
- Chinese: “Westhoek”
- Dutch: “Westhoek (Friesland)”
- Dutch: “Westhoek”
- French: “Westhoek”
- Irish: “Westhoek”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Westhoek”
- Persian: “وستهاوک”
- Persian: “وستهوک”
- Ukrainian: “Вестгук”
- Western Frisian: “De Westhoek”
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Highlights include Hemisfeer – Nachttuin Westhoek and Kwelder Westhoek.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Westhoek”. Photo: Baykedevries, CC BY-SA 3.0.