Spanga
Spanga is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 210 in 2017. The village was first mentioned in 1320 as Spangghe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 206 residents
- Description: village in Weststellingwerf, Netherlands
- Postal code: 8482
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gedenknaald Peter Stuyvesant and Windmotor Spanga.
Windmotor Nijetrijne 4
Windpump
Photo: Willemjans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Windmotor Nijetrijne 4 is a windpump.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scherpenzeel and Ossenzijl.
Scherpenzeel
Village
Photo: Pa3ems, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scherpenzeel is a small village in the north of the Netherlands. It is located in Weststellingwerf, Friesland. Scherpenzeel had a population of around 450 in 2017.
Ossenzijl
Village
Ossenzijl is a village in the municipality Steenwijkerland of the Dutch province of Overijssel. It started as a sluice owned by the Osse family. It is an entry point to the Weerribben-Wieden National Park. Ossenzijl is situated 2½ km southeast of Spanga.
Slijkenburg
Village
Photo: JohanW82, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slijkenburg is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 36 in 2017. It is the southernmost village of Friesland, located at the Overijssel provincial border. Slijkenburg is situated 3 km southwest of Spanga.
Spanga
- Categories: village, cadastral populated place in the Netherlands, and locality
- Location: Weststellingwerf Municipality, Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.81887° or 52° 49′ 8″ northLongitude
5.88489° or 5° 53′ 6″ eastPopulation
206Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
9F47RV9M+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 47475638OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2746976Wikidata ID
Q2854582
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Spanga” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Spangea”
- Cebuano: “Spanga”
- Chinese: “Spanga”
- Dutch: “Spanga”
- Dutch: “Spangea”
- French: “Spanga”
- Irish: “Spangea”
- Low German: “Spange”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Spanga”
- Persian: “اسپانخا”
- Persian: “اسپانگا”
- Ukrainian: “Спанга”
- Western Frisian: “Spangea”
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Highlights include Brandweer Scherpenzeel and Protestantse gemeente Scherpenzeel.
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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 “Spanga”. Photo: TUFOWKTM, CC BY 2.5.