Drachten
Drachten is the second largest town in the Dutch province of Friesland. Today, it is home to some 45.000 inhabitants. Since it was only a small village until well in the 1950s, when it passed the 10,000 people mark, its historic heritage is somewhat limited, but the city today serves as the regional centre for shopping and services.
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- Town with 45,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code QYC
- Description: town in Smallingerland, Netherlands
- Postal codes: 9201-9207
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum Drachten and Thalenpark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Opeinde and Kortehemmen.
Opeinde
Village
Rottevalle
Village
Drachten
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Latitude
53.1091° or 53° 6′ 33″ north
Longitude
6.0948° or 6° 5′ 41″ east
UN/LOCODE
NL DRA
Open location code
9F58435V+JW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Drachten” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Drachten”
- Arabic: “دراختن”
- Asturian: “Drachten”
- Bulgarian: “Драчтен”
- Catalan: “Drachten”
- Cebuano: “Drachten”
- Chinese: “德拉赫滕”
- Danish: “Drachten”
- Dutch: “Drachten”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دراختن”
- Emilian: “Drachten”
- Esperanto: “Drachten”
- French: “Drachten”
- German: “Drachten”
- Hebrew: “דראכטן”
- Hungarian: “Drachten”
- Irish: “Drachten”
- Italian: “Drachten”
- Japanese: “ドラハテン”
- Japanese: “ドラフテン”
- Korean: “드라흐턴”
- Latin: “Drachten”
- Lithuanian: “Drachtenas”
- Lombard: “Drachten”
- Low German: “Drachten”
- Luxembourgish: “Drachten”
- Macedonian: “Драхтен”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Drachten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Drachten”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Drachten”
- Persian: “دراختن”
- Polish: “Drachten”
- Russian: “Драхтен”
- Saterfriesisch: “Drachten”
- Slovenian: “Drachten”
- Spanish: “Drachten”
- Swedish: “Drachten”
- Turkish: “Drachten”
- Ukrainian: “Драхтен”
- Urdu: “ڈراٹن”
- Volapük: “Drachten”
- Welsh: “Drachten”
- Western Frisian: “Drachten”
- Zeeuws: “Drachten”
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Localities in the Area
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Friesland: Highlights
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