Stavoren

Stavoren, or Starum in Frysian, is a small city by the coast of the IJsselmeer. It is the oldest city of in the .
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  • Type: Village with 950 residents
  • Description: town in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Starum” and “Staveren”
  • Postal code: 8715

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stavoren Lighthouse and Stavoren railway station.

Lighthouse
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The is a lighthouse near Stavoren on the , in the . On two nearby piers are a red and a green light beacon for the Stavoren harbor.

Railway station
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Stavoren is a terminus railway station in Stavoren, . The station opened on 28 November 1885 and is the southern terminus of the Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway.

Industrial building
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is an industrial building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Warns and Molkwerum.

Village
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is a village in the northern . It is located in the municipality of , . It had a population of around 720 in January 2017.

Village
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is a village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 390 in January 2017.

Stavoren

Latitude
52.8833° or 52° 52′ 60″ north
Longitude
5.3602° or 5° 21′ 37″ east
Population
950
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL STA
Open location code
9F47V9M6+83
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5586408534
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2746816
Wiki­data ID
Q504867
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Stavoren” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Stavoren”
  • Catalan: “Starum”
  • Cebuano: “Stavoren”
  • Chinese: “Stavoren”
  • Chinese: “斯塔福伦”
  • Chinese: “斯塔福倫”
  • Dutch: “Starum”
  • Dutch: “Staveren”
  • Dutch: “Stavoren (plaats)”
  • Dutch: “Stavoren”
  • Esperanto: “Stavoren”
  • French: “Starum”
  • French: “Staveren”
  • French: “Stavoren”
  • German: “Starum”
  • German: “Stavoren”
  • Irish: “Staveren”
  • Italian: “Stavoren”
  • Japanese: “スタホーレン”
  • Kurdish: “Stavoren”
  • Low German: “Stavoren”
  • Luxembourgish: “Stavoren”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Stavoren”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Staveren”
  • Persian: “استافورن”
  • Persian: “استاورن”
  • Polish: “Starum”
  • Polish: “Staveren”
  • Polish: “Stavoren”
  • Russian: “Ставерен”
  • Slovenian: “Stavoren”
  • Spanish: “Stavoren”
  • Swedish: “Stavoren”
  • Turkish: “Staveren”
  • Ukrainian: “Ставорен”
  • Urdu: “اسٹاورن”
  • Welsh: “Staveren”
  • Western Frisian: “Starum”
  • Western Frisian: “Stauria”
  • Zeeuws: “Stavoren”

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