Burgum

Burgum is the largest and administrative town of the municipality of , in the province of . It had a population of 10,058 inhabitants in January 2017.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 10,100 residents
  • Description: village in Tytsjerksteradiel, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Bergum”
  • Postal code: 9251

Places of Interest

Highlights include De Poppestien and Observeum Burgum.

Stone
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is a stone.

Museum
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is a museum.

Windmill
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is a smock mill in , , which was built in 1867 and is in working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Noardermar and Sumar.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of , in the province of , the . It lies south of Burgum, on the N356, and had a population of approximately 1,382 in January 2017. There is a in the village, .

Village
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is a village in municipality in the province of the . It had a population of around 2,250 in January 2017. is situated 3 km northeast of Burgum.

Burgum

Latitude
53.19548° or 53° 11′ 44″ north
Longitude
5.98711° or 5° 59′ 14″ east
Population
10,100
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL BGU
Open location code
9F575XWP+5R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4744116530
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2759103
Wiki­data ID
Q1016068
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Western Frisian—“Burgum” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Бургум”
  • Catalan: “Burgum”
  • Cebuano: “Burgum”
  • Chinese: “Bergum”
  • Chinese: “貝赫姆”
  • Chinese: “贝赫姆”
  • Dutch: “Bergum”
  • Dutch: “Burgum”
  • Esperanto: “Burgum”
  • Finnish: “Burgum”
  • French: “Burgum”
  • German: “Burgum”
  • Irish: “Burgum”
  • Italian: “Burgum”
  • Lithuanian: “Burgumas”
  • Low German: “Bargum”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bergum”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Burgum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Burgum”
  • Persian: “برخم”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Burgum”
  • Spanish: “Burgum”
  • Turkish: “Burgum”
  • Ukrainian: “Бюргюм”
  • Urdu: “برگم”
  • Western Frisian: “Burgum”

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