Northern Netherlands
Friesland
Waadhoeke

Bitgum

Bitgum is a village in municipality in the province of in the . It had a population of around 792 in January 2017.
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  • Type: Village with 804 residents
  • Description: village in Waadhoeke, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Beetgum”
  • Postal code: 9044

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint-Martinuskerk, Bitgum and Gereformeerde kerk, Bitgummole.

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

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 3 km west of Bitgum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bitgummole and Ingelum.

Village
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 911 in January 2017. Before 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality.

Village
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 386 in January 2017. Before 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality.

Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 2,529 in January 2017. Until 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality. is situated 2½ km west of Bitgum.

Bitgum

Latitude
53.23673° or 53° 14′ 12″ north
Longitude
5.68811° or 5° 41′ 17″ east
Population
804
Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL BGM
Open location code
9F576MPQ+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5589125353
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2759283
Wiki­data ID
Q2340734
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Western Frisian—“Bitgum” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Битгум”
  • Catalan: “Bitgum”
  • Cebuano: “Bitgum”
  • Chinese: “Beetgum”
  • Dutch: “Beetgum”
  • Dutch: “Bitgum”
  • French: “Bitgum”
  • German: “Bitgum”
  • Irish: “Bitgum”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bitgum”
  • Persian: “بیت‌خم”
  • Ukrainian: “Бітгюм”
  • Western Frisian: “Bitgum”

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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 “Bitgum”. Photo: Arnold Bartels, CC BY-SA 4.0.