Northern Netherlands
Friesland
De Fryske Marren

Joure

Joure is a town in the north of the Netherlands. It is the administrative center of , . With 13,090 inhabitants, it is also the most populous town in the municipality.
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  • Type: Town with 13,100 residents
  • Description: town in De Fryske Marren, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “De Jouwer”
  • Postal codes: 8501-8503

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum Joure and Herema State.

Museum
Photo: Swarte Kees, Public domain.

Public building
Photo: JohanW82, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a public building.

Windmill
Photo: Blacknight, Public domain.
Penninga's Molen or De Jonge Wester is a smock mill in Joure, , which was built in 1900 and is working for trade. It is also used as a training mill. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 20842.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haskerhorne and Snikzwaag.

Village
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 565 in 2017.

Village
Photo: Blacknight, Public domain.
is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 65 in 2017.

Village
Photo: Blaman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 190 in 2017. is situated 2½ km northwest of Joure.

Joure

Latitude
52.96443° or 52° 57′ 52″ north
Longitude
5.80267° or 5° 48′ 10″ east
Population
13,100
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL JOU
Open location code
9F47XR73+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 235262358
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2753197
Wiki­data ID
Q2317245
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Joure” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “يوره”
  • Asturian: “Joure”
  • Catalan: “De Jouwer”
  • Cebuano: “Joure”
  • Chinese: “Joure”
  • Chinese: “喬爾”
  • Chinese: “约勒”
  • Danish: “Joure”
  • Dutch: “De Jouwer”
  • Dutch: “Joure”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يوره”
  • Esperanto: “Joure”
  • French: “Joure”
  • German: “Joure”
  • Hungarian: “Joure”
  • Irish: “De Jouwer”
  • Italian: “De Jouwer”
  • Italian: “Joure”
  • Japanese: “ヤウレ”
  • Lithuanian: “Jourė”
  • Low German: “De Jouwer”
  • Luxembourgish: “Joure”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Joure”
  • Moksha: “Яурэ”
  • Northern Frisian: “De Jouwer”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Joure”
  • Persian: “ژور”
  • Persian: “یوره”
  • Polish: “Joure”
  • Russian: “Яуре”
  • Slovenian: “Joure”
  • Swedish: “Joure”
  • Turkish: “Joure”
  • Ukrainian: “Яуре”
  • Western Frisian: “De Jouwer”
  • Zeeuws: “Joure”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Skipsleat and Scharsterbrug.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Park Ter Huivra and Bibliotheek Joure.

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