Leek

Leek is a town in , and has about 10,900 residents. Leek is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • 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.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 3½ km west of Leek.

Windmill
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is a windmill, which is situated 3½ km west of Leek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westerkwartier and Tolbert.

Photo: Hardscarf, CC0.
is a region and municipality in the west of the province of , in the Netherlands. The northern part, around the town of Zuidhorn, consists mainly of a marsh landscape with wierden.

Village
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is a town in the province of . It is part of the municipality of Westerkwartier and forms a single urban area with .

Village
is a village in the and is part of the municipality in .

Leek

Latitude
53.16323° or 53° 9′ 48″ north
Longitude
6.37712° or 6° 22′ 38″ east
Population
10,900
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL LEE
Open location code
9F58597G+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 898037576
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2751834
Wiki­data ID
Q26212170
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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”
  • Ladin: “Leek”
  • 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

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Politiebureau Leek and Acro Academy Noord Nederland.

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