Saaksum
Saaksum is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. As of 2021, it had a population of 90. Until the municipal reorganization of 1990, it belonged to the former municipality of Oldehove.- Type: Village with 90 residents
- Description: village in Westerkwartier, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Saaxum”
- Postal code: 9886
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kerk van Ezinge and Ludgerus church.
Ludgerus church
Church
Ludgeruskerk or Liudgerkerk is a church located in Oldehove, Groningen, a village in the north of the Netherlands. It is a Romanesque-Gothic structure from the Middle Ages, dedicated to Ludger.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ezinge and Oldehove.
Ezinge
Village
Ezinge is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Westerkwartier, about 15 km northwest of the city of Groningen.
Oldehove
Village
Oldehove is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Westerkwartier, about 16 km northwest of the city of Groningen.
Saaksum
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands and locality
- Location: Westerkwartier, Groningen, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.31367° or 53° 18′ 49″ north
Longitude
6.41797° or 6° 25′ 5″ east
Population
90
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9F588C79+F5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Saaksum” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Saaksum”
- Catalan: “Saaksum”
- Chinese: “Saaksum”
- Dutch: “Saaksum”
- French: “Saaksum”
- Irish: “Saaksum”
- Ladin: “Saaksum”
- Luxembourgish: “Saaksum”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Saaksum”
- Ukrainian: “Саксюм”
- Western Frisian: “Saaksum”
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