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Grijpskerk

Grijpskerk is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality of Westerkwartier, about 18 km west of the city of Groningen. Grijpskerk was a separate municipality until 1990, when it was merged with .
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  • Type: Village with 2,940 residents
  • Description: village in Westerkwartier, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 9843

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grijpskerk church and De Kievit.

Church
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Windmill
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is a windmill.

Railway station
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Grijpskerk is an unstaffed railway station in Grijpskerk, . It is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between and . The station was opened on 1 June 1866. The train service is operated by Arriva.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Niezijl and Kommerzijl.

Village
, historically Bomsterzijl, is a in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of in the . The village is located between Grijpskerk and on the N355, the trunk highway from to .

Village
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, until the end of the 17th century called Opslachterzijl, is a linear village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of in the , located on the Kommerzijlsterdiep, which continues after the village as Kommerzijlsterriet and flows into the Reitdiep. is situated 3 km northeast of Grijpskerk.

Village
is a in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of in the . As of 2021, it had a population of 170. is situated 3 km northwest of Grijpskerk.

Grijpskerk

Latitude
53.26389° or 53° 15′ 50″ north
Longitude
6.30613° or 6° 18′ 22″ east
Population
2,940
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
9F587874+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 48302780
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2755317
Wiki­data ID
Q2218565
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Grijpskerk” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Grijpskerk”
  • Catalan: “Grijpskerk”
  • Cebuano: “Grijpskerk”
  • Chinese: “Grijpskerk”
  • Dutch: “Grijpskerk”
  • Esperanto: “Grijpskerk”
  • French: “Grijpskerk”
  • Irish: “Grijpskerk”
  • Italian: “Grijpskerk”
  • Lithuanian: “Greipskerkė”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grijpskerk”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Grijpskerk”
  • Persian: “خریپس‌کرک”
  • Russian: “Грейпскерк”
  • Ukrainian: “Грейпскерк”
  • Welsh: “Grijpskerk”
  • Western Frisian: “Grypskerk”
  • Western Frisian: “Gryptsjerk”

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