Britsum

Britsum is a village in the municipality of , in the . Britsum was built on an artificial bank running along the eastern side of the former Middelzee.
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  • Type: Village with 960 residents
  • Description: village in Leeuwarden, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 9055

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. John’s Church and Martenastate.

Church
Photo: Melda Wibawa, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Protected area
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in Cornjum, Netherlands, is an ancestral estate first owned by the noble family Martena, also written as van Martena, or even Martna. This family belonged to the Dutch nobility.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koarnjum and Stiens.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of , in the . The village is situated between Jelsum and Britsum and a population of around 370 in January 2017.

Town
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is a town in the municipality of , . As of January 2017, the town had a population of about 7,545. Between 1944 and 2018, it was the capital of the municipality of Leeuwarderadeel.

Village
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is a village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 195 in January 2017. The stins Dekemastate is located in .

Britsum

Latitude
53.25249° or 53° 15′ 9″ north
Longitude
5.78394° or 5° 47′ 2″ east
Population
960
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL BRT
Open location code
9F577Q2M+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1557206483
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2758309
Wiki­data ID
Q2177852
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Britsum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Britsum”
  • Bulgarian: “Брицум”
  • Catalan: “Britsum”
  • Cebuano: “Britsum”
  • Chinese: “Britsum”
  • Danish: “Britsum”
  • Dutch: “Britsum”
  • Faroese: “Britsum”
  • French: “Britsum”
  • German: “Britsum”
  • Irish: “Britsum”
  • Korean: “브리췸”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Britsum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Britsum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Britsum”
  • Persian: “بریتسوم”
  • Russian: “Бритсум”
  • Slovenian: “Britsum”
  • Swedish: “Britsum”
  • Ukrainian: “Брітсюм”
  • Welsh: “Britsum”
  • Western Frisian: “Britsum”
  • Zeeuws: “Britsum”

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