Northern Netherlands
Friesland
De Fryske Marren

Balk

Balk is a town in the northern . It is a village of the municipality , province , and is located about 17 km southwest of . In 2024 Balk had 4,340 inhabitants.
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  • Type: Village with 5,000 residents
  • Description: village in De Fryske Marren, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Balk, Netherlands”
  • Postal code: 8561

Places of Interest

Highlights include Raadhuis, Balk and Windmotor Ruigahuizen.

Public building
Photo: Gouwenaar, CC0.
is a public building.

Windpump
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a windpump.

Lake
Photo: Maartuh-nl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a lake, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Balk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harich and Wijckel.

Village
Photo: Gouwenaar, CC0.
is a village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 470 in 2017.

Village
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 645 in 2017. is situated 3 km east of Balk.

Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 410 in 2017. is situated 3 km south of Balk.

Balk

Latitude
52.89893° or 52° 53′ 56″ north
Longitude
5.58305° or 5° 34′ 59″ east
Population
5,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL BAL
Open location code
9F47VHXM+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6812708768
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2759472
Wiki­data ID
Q2240991
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Balk” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Balk”
  • Bavarian: “Balk”
  • Catalan: “Balk”
  • Cebuano: “Balk”
  • Chinese: “Balk”
  • Czech: “Balk”
  • Danish: “Balk”
  • Dutch: “Balk (Friesland)”
  • Dutch: “Balk”
  • Esperanto: “Balk”
  • Finnish: “Balk”
  • French: “Balk”
  • German: “Balk”
  • Hungarian: “Balk”
  • Irish: “Balk”
  • Italian: “Balk”
  • Lithuanian: “Balkas”
  • Low German: “Balk”
  • Luxembourgish: “Balk”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Balk”
  • Northern Frisian: “Balk (Waastfresklun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Balk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balk”
  • Persian: “بالک، هلند”
  • Polish: “Balk”
  • Portuguese: “Balk”
  • Russian: “Балк”
  • Slovenian: “Balk”
  • Spanish: “Balk”
  • Swedish: “Balk”
  • Turkish: “Balk”
  • Ukrainian: “Балк”
  • Western Frisian: “Balk”
  • Zeeuws: “Balk”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bibliotheek Balk and Servicepunt Balk.

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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 “Balk”. Photo: Baykedevries, CC BY-SA 3.0.