Northern Netherlands
Friesland
Heerenveen

Akkrum

Akkrum is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality , about 17 km south of the city of . Akkrum had about 3,395 inhabitants in 2017.
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Photo: Swarte Kees, Public domain.
  • Type: Village with 3,420 residents
  • Description: village in Heerenveen, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Ankrum”
  • Postal code: 8491

Places of Interest

Highlights include Akkrum railway station and Leppa Akwadukt.

Railway station
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akkrum is a railway station located in Akkrum, . The station was opened on 1 September 1868 and is located on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Bridge
Photo: TUFOWKTM, CC BY 2.5.
is a bridge.

Windmill
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
, formerly known as the Polslootpoldermolen or Spookmolen is a hollow post mill in Akkrum, , which has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 35937.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nes and Aldeboarn.

Village
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Dutch village in the municipality of , . It is situated in the northern part of the country. Since the village is close to Akkrum, they usually speak about Akkrum-Nes.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 1545 in January 2017. has an iconic church tower. is situated 3½ km east of Akkrum.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 780 in 2017. is situated 4 km west of Akkrum.

Akkrum

Latitude
53.05013° or 53° 3′ 1″ north
Longitude
5.83623° or 5° 50′ 10″ east
Population
3,420
United Nations Location Code
NL AKR
Open location code
9F573R2P+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1557191177
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2759922
Wiki­data ID
Q2250527
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Akkrum” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Akkrum”
  • Catalan: “Akkrum”
  • Cebuano: “Akkrum”
  • Chinese: “Akkrum”
  • Chinese: “阿克伦”
  • Chinese: “阿克倫”
  • Chinese: “阿克勒姆”
  • Danish: “Akkrum”
  • Dutch: “Akkrum”
  • Faroese: “Akkrum”
  • French: “Akkrum”
  • German: “Akkrum”
  • Irish: “Akkrum”
  • Italian: “Akkrum”
  • Kalaallisut: “Akkrum”
  • Lithuanian: “Akrumas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Akkrum”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Akkrum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akkrum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akkrum”
  • Persian: “آکروم”
  • Persian: “اکرام”
  • Portuguese: “Akkrum”
  • Russian: “Аккрум”
  • Russian: “Акрюм”
  • Silesian: “Akkrum”
  • Slovenian: “Akkrum”
  • Swedish: “Akkrum”
  • Turkish: “Akkrum”
  • Ukrainian: “Аккрум”
  • Ukrainian: “Аккрюм”
  • Western Frisian: “Akkrum”

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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 “Akkrum”. Photo: Swarte Kees, Public domain.