Nijega
Nijega is a village in Smallingerland municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 461 in January 2017. The village was first mentioned in 1412 as Nyegae, and means "new village".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 461 residents
- Description: village in Smallingerland, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Nyegea”
- Postal code: 9217
Places in the Area
Nearby places include De Tike and Opeinde.
De Tike
Village
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
De Tike is a small village in Smallingerland in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 311 in January 2017.
Opeinde
Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Opeinde is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is a part of the municipality of Smallingerland, and lies about 5 km north of Drachten. It had a population of around 1,656 in January 2017.
Oudega
Village
Photo: Wester, Public domain.
Oudega is a village in Smallingerland in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,701 in January 2017. Oudega is situated 2½ km southwest of Nijega.
Nijega
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands and locality
- Location: Smallingerland Municipality, Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
53.14007° or 53° 8′ 24″ northLongitude
6.03134° or 6° 1′ 53″ eastPopulation
461Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL NGAOpen location code
9F5842RJ+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 48028890OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Nijega” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Nyegea”
- Cebuano: “Nijega”
- Chinese: “Nijega”
- Dutch: “Nijega”
- Dutch: “Nijegea”
- Dutch: “Nyegea”
- French: “Nijega”
- French: “Nyegea”
- Irish: “Nyegea”
- Luxembourgish: “Nijega”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nijega”
- Persian: “نیجگا”
- Persian: “نیهخا”
- Russian: “Нейега”
- Ukrainian: “Неєга”
- Western Frisian: “Nyegea”
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