Northern Netherlands
Friesland
NE Friesland

Aalsum

Aalsum is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality , about 1 km north of . It had a population of around 125 in January 2017 Aalsum is built on a partially excavated terp, around a church originally dedicated to St.
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  • Type: Village with 125 residents
  • Description: village in Noardeast-Fryslân, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Aalsum (Friesland)”, “Aalsum, Friesland”, and “Ealsum”
  • Postal code: 9121

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum Dokkum and Grote of Sint-Martinuskerk.

Museum
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.

Church
Photo: Krinkle, CC BY 3.0.
is a church.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dokkum and Wetsens.

Town
Photo: JosvanE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Dutch fortified city in the municipality of in the province of . It has 12,669 inhabitants. The fortifications of are well preserved and are known as the bolwerken.

Village
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 55 in January 2017. and is considered to be one of the oldest villages in the north-east of Friesland.

Village
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
is a small village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 65 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.

Aalsum

Latitude
53.3388° or 53° 20′ 20″ north
Longitude
6.00498° or 6° 0′ 18″ east
Population
125
Open location code
9F5882Q3+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6939659477
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2760121
Wiki­data ID
Q300958
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Western Frisian—“Aalsum” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Алзум”
  • Catalan: “Ealsum”
  • Cebuano: “Aalzum”
  • Chinese: “Aalsum”
  • Danish: “Aalsum”
  • Dutch: “Aalsum (Noardeast-Fryslan)”
  • Dutch: “Aalsum”
  • Dutch: “Aalzum”
  • Dutch: “Ealsum”
  • French: “Aalsum”
  • French: “Ealsum”
  • German: “Aalsum”
  • Irish: “Ealsum”
  • Luxembourgish: “Aalsum”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Aalzum”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aalsum”
  • Persian: “آلسام، فریزلند”
  • Persian: “آلسوم، فریسلاند”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Ealsum”
  • Ukrainian: “Алсюм”
  • Urdu: “آلسم، فرائیز لینڈ”
  • Western Frisian: “Ealsum”

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