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IJlst

IJlst is a city in , . It is located about 3 km southwest of . It lies within the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân and had a population of approximately 3,140 in January 2017.
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Photo: Taks, Public domain.
  • Type: Village with 3,140 residents
  • Description: town in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Drylts”
  • Postal code: 8651

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mauritiuskerk, IJlst and IJlst railway station.

Church
Photo: Taks, Public domain.
is a church.

Railway station
Photo: Fantaglobe11, CC BY-SA 4.0.
IJlst is a railway station serving IJlst, . It is located on the Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway between Sneek and Stavoren and the current station was opened on 2 June 1985.

Industrial building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a smock mill in IJlst, Friesland, Netherlands, which was originally built in the seventeenth century at Zaanstreek, . In 1828 it was moved to IJlst, where it worked using wind power until 1920 and then by electric motor until 1950.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oosthem and Jutrijp.

Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of , the . It had a population of around 420 in January 2017.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of , the . It had a population of around 265 in January 2017. It forms, together with , the double village De Hommerts-Jutryp. is situated 2½ km southeast of IJlst.

Village
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of , the . It had a population of around 325 in January 2017. is situated 3 km north of IJlst.

IJlst

Latitude
53.01014° or 53° 0′ 37″ north
Longitude
5.62332° or 5° 37′ 24″ east
Population
3,140
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL JST
Open location code
9F572J6F+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 47754762
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2753379
Wiki­data ID
Q73348
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Zeeuws—“IJlst” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “IJlst”
  • Cebuano: “IJlst”
  • Chinese: “IJlst”
  • Chinese: “艾爾斯特”
  • Danish: “IJlst”
  • Dutch: “Drylts”
  • Dutch: “IJlst”
  • Esperanto: “IJlst”
  • French: “IJlst”
  • German: “Ijlst”
  • Irish: “IJlst”
  • Italian: “IJlst”
  • Japanese: “アイルスト”
  • Kurdish: “IJlst”
  • Low German: “Ielst”
  • Luxembourgish: “IJlst”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “IJlst”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “IJlst”
  • Persian: “ایلست”
  • Polish: “IJlst”
  • Russian: “Эйлст”
  • Spanish: “IJlst”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейлст”
  • Western Frisian: “Drylts”
  • Zeeuws: “IJlst”
  • “Drylts”
  • “Ijlst”
  • “IJlst”
  • “IJlst (stad)”
  • “Súdwest-Fryslân-Ijlst”
  • “Wymbritseradeel-Ijlst”
  • “Ylst”

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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 “IJlst”. Photo: Taks, Public domain.