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Dokkum

Dokkum is a Dutch fortified city in the municipality of in the province of . It has 12,669 inhabitants. The fortifications of Dokkum are well preserved and are known as the bolwerken.
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  • Type: Town with 12,600 residents
  • Description: city in Noardeast-Fryslân, Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 9101-9103

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum Dokkum and Sint-Bonifatiuskerk, Dokkum.

Museum
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
is a church.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aalsum and Betterwird.

Village
Photo: Uberprutser, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality , about 1 km north of Dokkum. It had a population of around 125 in January 2017 is built on a partially excavated terp, around a church originally dedicated to St.

Hamlet
or Betterwurd is a hamlet in the municipality of in , the . Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.

Village
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
Boarnwert is a small village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 119 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality. is situated 3 km west of Dokkum.

Dokkum

Latitude
53.32435° or 53° 19′ 28″ north
Longitude
5.99923° or 5° 59′ 57″ east
Population
12,600
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL DOK
Open location code
9F578XFX+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 48381378
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2756759
Wiki­data ID
Q41976
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Dokkum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Dokkum”
  • Arabic: “دوكوم”
  • Armenian: “Դոկյում”
  • Asturian: “Dokkum”
  • Belarusian: “Докюм”
  • Bulgarian: “Докум”
  • Bulgarian: “Докьом”
  • Catalan: “Dokkum”
  • Cebuano: “Dokkum”
  • Chinese: “Dokkum”
  • Chinese: “多克姆”
  • Czech: “Dokkum”
  • Danish: “Dokkum”
  • Dutch: “Dokkum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دوكوم”
  • Esperanto: “Dokkum”
  • Faroese: “Dokkum”
  • French: “Dokkum”
  • German: “Dokkum”
  • Hebrew: “דוקום”
  • Hungarian: “Dokkum”
  • Irish: “Dokkum”
  • Italian: “Dokkum”
  • Japanese: “ドッキュム”
  • Japanese: “ドックム”
  • Kurdish: “Dokkum”
  • Latin: “Dokkum”
  • Limburgan: “Dokkum”
  • Lithuanian: “Dokumas”
  • Low German: “Dokkum”
  • Luxembourgish: “Dokkum”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dokkum”
  • Northern Frisian: “Dokkum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dokkum”
  • Norwegian: “Dokkum”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Dokkum”
  • Persian: “دکوم”
  • Polish: “Dokkum”
  • Portuguese: “Dokkum”
  • Romanian: “Dokkum”
  • Russian: “Доккюм”
  • Slovak: “Dokkum”
  • Slovenian: “Dokkum”
  • Spanish: “Dokkum”
  • Swedish: “Dockum”
  • Swedish: “Dokkum”
  • Ukrainian: “Доккюм”
  • Welsh: “Dokkum”
  • Western Frisian: “Dokkum”
  • Zeeuws: “Dokkum”
  • “Dokkum”

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