Northern Netherlands
Friesland
Heerenveen

Gersloot

Gersloot is a village in in the province of , the . The village was first mentioned in 1281 as Gerslach and means tapered ditch.
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  • Type: Village with 301 residents
  • Description: village in Heerenveen, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Gershot”
  • Postal code: 8457

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aengwirder Tsjerke and Tjasker De Deelen.

Church
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Windmill
Photo: Foppe01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a windmill, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Gersloot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tjalleberd and Luxwoude.

Village
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 820 in January 2017.

Village
is a in the municipality of in the east of , the . It had a population of around 275 in January 2017. The village was first mentioned in 1315 as Lukeswalde, and means the forest of Lucas.

Village
Photo: TUFOWKTM, CC BY 2.5.
is a village in the municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 430 in January 2017. is situated 2½ km southwest of Gersloot.

Gersloot

Latitude
53.00491° or 53° 0′ 18″ north
Longitude
5.96147° or 5° 57′ 41″ east
Population
301
Open location code
9F572X36+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 47744823
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2755569
Wiki­data ID
Q2456264
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Western Frisian—“Gersloot” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Герслот”
  • Catalan: “Gersloot”
  • Cebuano: “Gersloot”
  • Chinese: “Gersloot”
  • Dutch: “Gersloot”
  • French: “Gersloot”
  • Irish: “Gersleat”
  • Low German: “Gersloot”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gersloot”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gersloot”
  • Persian: “خرسلوت”
  • Persian: “گرسلوت”
  • Ukrainian: “Герслот”
  • Western Frisian: “Gersleat”

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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 “Gersloot”. Photo: Hillz, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.