Leek
Leek is a town in Westerkwartier, Groningen and has about 10,900 residents. Leek is situated nearby to the neighborhood Pierkesveld, as well as near Rodenburg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 10,900 residents
- Description: village in Westerkwartier, Netherlands
- Also known as: “De Leek”
- Postal code: 9351
Places of Interest
Highlights include Joodse begraafplaats (Leek, Groningen) and Iwema-steenhuis.
Joodse begraafplaats (Leek, Groningen)
Cemetery
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Joodse begraafplaats (Leek, Groningen) is a cemetery.
Iwema-steenhuis
Museum
Photo: Kasteelbeer, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
Iwema-steenhuis is a museum, which is situated 3½ km west of Leek.
Nieberter molen
Windmill
Photo: Quistnix!, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nieberter molen is a windmill, which is situated 3½ km west of Leek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westerkwartier and Tolbert.
Westerkwartier
Westerkwartier is a region and municipality in the west of the province of Groningen, in the Netherlands. The northern part, around the town of Zuidhorn, consists mainly of a marsh landscape with wierden.
Tolbert
Village
Tolbert is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Westerkwartier and forms a single urban area with Leek.
Nietap
Village
Nietap is a village in the Netherlands and is part of the Noordenveld municipality in Drenthe.
Leek
- Categories: village, cadastral populated place in the Netherlands, and locality
- Location: Westerkwartier, Groningen, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
53.16323° or 53° 9′ 48″ northLongitude
6.37712° or 6° 22′ 38″ eastPopulation
10,900Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL LEEOpen location code
9F58597G+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 898037576OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Leek” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ليك”
- Armenian: “Լեյկ”
- Asturian: “Leek”
- Catalan: “Leek”
- Cebuano: “Leek”
- Chinese: “雷克”
- Dutch: “Leek”
- Esperanto: “Leek”
- French: “Leek”
- German: “Leek”
- Indonesian: “Leek”
- Irish: “Leek”
- Italian: “Leek”
- Korean: “레이크”
- Low German: “Leek (Grönnen)”
- Low German: “Leek”
- Luxembourgish: “Leek”
- Russian: “Лек”
- Swedish: “Leek”
- Western Frisian: “De Like”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pierkesveld and Rodenburg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Politiebureau Leek and Acro Academy Noord Nederland.
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