Nes
Nes is the second largest village on the island of Ameland, one of the West Frisian Islands in the northern Netherlands. It constitutes the main village of the eastern, Roman Catholic part of Ameland and had a population of 1,155 as of January 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Rkoster, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 1,230 residents
- Description: village in Ameland, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Nes, Ameland”
- Postal code: 9163
Places of Interest
Highlights include Natuurcentrum Ameland and De Phenix.
De Phenix
Windmill
Photo: Spinal83, CC BY-SA 3.0.
De Phenix is a smock mill in Nes, Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1880 and is in working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buren and Ballum.
Buren
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buren is the easternmost village on the island of Ameland, one of the West Frisian Islands and part of the Netherlands. Buren had, as of January 2017, a population of 715.
Ballum
Village
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ballum is a village on the western half of the island of Ameland and the smallest of the total of four villages on the island, one of the West Frisian Islands and part of the Netherlands. Ballum is situated 5 km west of Nes.
Hollum
Village
Hollum is the largest village on Ameland, Netherlands, one of the West Frisian Islands. It is situated on the westernmost part of the island and had, as of January 2017, a population of 1,165. Hollum is situated 9 km west of Nes.
Nes
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands and locality
- Location: Ameland, Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.4464° or 53° 26′ 47″ northLongitude
5.76978° or 5° 46′ 11″ eastPopulation
1,230Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
9F57CQW9+HWOpenStreetMap ID
node 48489162OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2750417Wikidata ID
Q1000685
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Nes from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Nes” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Nes”
- Catalan: “Nes”
- Cebuano: “Nes”
- Chinese: “Nes”
- Czech: “Nes”
- Dutch: “Nes”
- French: “Nes”
- German: “Nes”
- Irish: “Nes”
- Italian: “Nes”
- Japanese: “ネス”
- Lithuanian: “Nesas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nes”
- Northern Frisian: “Nes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nes”
- Persian: “نیس”
- Slovenian: “Nes”
- Ukrainian: “Нес”
- Western Frisian: “Nes”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Nes”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Teeltstation BuckfastAmeland and Polder Nes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Speelhal and Hervormde Kerk Nes.
Friesland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Leeuwarden, Heerenveen, Sneek, and Harlingen.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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 “Nes”. Photo: Rkoster, CC BY-SA 4.0.