Achlum
Achlum is a village in the Waadhoeke municipality of Friesland, Netherlands. It is approximately 7 km southwest of the city of Franeker. Achlum had about 629 inhabitants in January 2014.
- Type: Village with 611 residents
- Description: village in Waadhoeke, Netherlands
- Postal code: 8806
Places of Interest
Highlights: Gertrudiskerk, Achlum and De Achlumer Molen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arum and Hitzum.
Arum
Village
Hitzum
Village
De Vlaren
Hamlet
De Vlaren or Vlaren is a hamlet in the Dutch municipality of Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland. De Vlaren is situated 3 km east of Achlum.
Achlum
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands and locality
- Location: Waadhoeke, Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
53.1483° or 53° 8′ 54″ north
Longitude
5.48443° or 5° 29′ 4″ east
Population
611
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9F574FXM+8Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Achlum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Achlum”
- Dutch: “Achlum”
- French: “Achlum”
- Irish: “Achlum”
- Ladin: “Achlum”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Achlum”
- Persian: “آخلوم”
- Persian: “اچلام”
- Polish: “Achlum”
- Russian: “Ахлюм”
- Ukrainian: “Ахлюм”
- Uzbek: “Achlum”
- Western Frisian: “Achlum”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Achlumernoorderpolder and Deersum.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: It Fjouwerkant and De Singel.
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