Northern Netherlands
Groningen
Het Hogeland

Leens

Leens is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland. Leens was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with , and .
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  • Type: Village with 1,780 residents
  • Description: village in Het Hogeland, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 9965

Places of Interest

Highlights include Joodse Begraafplaats and Petruskerk, Leens.

Cemetery
Photo: Hardscarf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a cemetery.

Church
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is a church.

Castle
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is a borg directly to the east of the town of Leens in the province of . It is now a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zuurdijk and Wehe-den Hoorn.

Village
Photo: Martink, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 2½ km south of Leens.

Village
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is a village in the province of . It is part of the municipality of Het Hogeland. It is a 1966 merger of the villages of Wehe and Den Hoorn. is situated 2½ km east of Leens.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km south of Leens.

Leens

Latitude
53.35993° or 53° 21′ 36″ north
Longitude
6.3776° or 6° 22′ 39″ east
Population
1,780
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL LES
Open location code
9F58995H+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5584326094
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2751813
Wiki­data ID
Q2377601
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Leens” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Leens”
  • Asturian: “Leens”
  • Bulgarian: “Ленс”
  • Catalan: “Leens”
  • Cebuano: “Leens”
  • Chinese: “Leens”
  • Dutch: “Leens”
  • Esperanto: “Leens”
  • French: “Leens”
  • German: “Leens”
  • Irish: “Leens”
  • Italian: “Lains”
  • Italian: “Leens”
  • Limburgan: “Leens”
  • Limburgan: “Lèns”
  • Low German: “Lains”
  • Luxembourgish: “Leens”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Leens”
  • Persian: “لینس”
  • Polish: “Leens”
  • Russian: “Ленс”
  • Ukrainian: “Ленс”
  • Welsh: “Leens”
  • Western Frisian: “Liens”

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