Ballum

Ballum is a village on the western half of the island of and the smallest of the total of four villages on the island, one of the and part of the Netherlands.
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  • Type: Village with 425 residents
  • Description: village in Ameland, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 9162

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zonnepark Ameland and De Verwachting.

Power station
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is a power station.

Windmill
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is a smock mill in , , which was built in 1991 and is in working order. is situated 3½ km west of Ballum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hollum and Nes.

Village
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is the largest village on , , one of the . It is situated on the westernmost part of the island and had, as of January 2017, a population of 1,165. is situated 3½ km west of Ballum.

Village
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is the second largest village on the island of , one of the in the northern . It constitutes the main village of the eastern, Roman Catholic part of Ameland and had a population of 1,155 as of January 2017. is situated 5 km east of Ballum.

Village
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is the easternmost village on the island of , one of the and part of the . had, as of January 2017, a population of 715. is situated 7 km east of Ballum.

Ballum

Latitude
53.44357° or 53° 26′ 37″ north
Longitude
5.68687° or 5° 41′ 13″ east
Population
425
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
9F57CMVP+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 48489406
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2759456
Wiki­data ID
Q771118
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Western Frisian—“Ballum” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Балум”
  • Catalan: “Ballum”
  • Cebuano: “Ballum”
  • Chinese: “Ballum”
  • Danish: “Ballum”
  • Dutch: “Ballum”
  • Faroese: “Ballum”
  • French: “Ballum”
  • German: “Ballum”
  • Icelandic: “Ballum”
  • Irish: “Ballum”
  • Japanese: “バルム”
  • Kalaallisut: “Ballum”
  • Ladin: “Ballum”
  • Low German: “Ballum”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ballum”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ballum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ballum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ballum”
  • Persian: “بالوم”
  • Romanian: “Ballum”
  • Russian: “Баллюм”
  • Swedish: “Ballum”
  • Ukrainian: “Баллюм”
  • Western Frisian: “Ballum”

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