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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 611 residents
- Description: village in Waadhoeke, Netherlands
- Postal code: 8806
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gertrudiskerk, Achlum and De Achlumer Molen.
Gertrudiskerk, Achlum
Church
Photo: IJsbrand Heins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gertrudiskerk, Achlum is a church.
De Achlumer Molen
Windmill
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.
De Achlumer Molen is a smock mill in Achlum, Friesland, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 15821.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arum and Hitzum.
Arum
Village
Photo: Aurinko Holland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arum is a village in the Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is about 5 km southeast of the city of Harlingen. The village itself has about 895 inhabitants.
Hitzum
Village
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Hitzum is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 225 in January 2014. Before 2018, the village was part of the Franekeradeel municipality. Hitzum is situated 3 km northeast of Achlum.
De Vlaren
Hamlet
De Vlaren or Vlaren is a hamlet in the Dutch municipality of Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland. It is located northwest of Lollum and southwest of Tzum, of which it is a part administratively. 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″ northLongitude
5.48443° or 5° 29′ 4″ eastPopulation
611Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
9F574FXM+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 5589125356OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2760053Wikidata ID
Q2237547
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Achlum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Achlum”
- Chinese: “Achlum”
- Dutch: “Achlum”
- French: “Achlum”
- Irish: “Achlum”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Achlum”
- Persian: “آخلوم”
- Persian: “اچلام”
- Polish: “Achlum”
- Russian: “Ахлюм”
- Ukrainian: “Ахлюм”
- Uzbek: “Achlum”
- Western Frisian: “Achlum”
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