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Workum

Workum is a city located in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân in , . It received city rights in 1399 and is one of the eleven cities of Friesland. It had a population of 4,435 in January 2017.
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  • Type: Village with 4,440 residents
  • Description: town in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Warkum”
  • Postal code: 8711

Places of Interest

Highlights include Workum railway station and Jopie Huisman Museum.

Railway station
Photo: TUFOWKTM, CC BY 3.0.
Workum is a railway station serving Workum, . The station was opened on 28 November 1885. It is located on the Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway between Sneek and Stavoren. The train services are operated by Arriva.

Museum
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Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nijhuizum and Ferwoude.

Village
Photo: Reboelje, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of , the with a population of around 55 in January 2017.

Village
Photo: Gouwenaar, CC0.
is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 235 in January 2017.

Village
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is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of , . It had a population of around 90 in January 2017. is situated 4½ km northeast of Workum.

Workum

Latitude
52.9778° or 52° 58′ 40″ north
Longitude
5.4464° or 5° 26′ 47″ east
Population
4,440
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL WKU
Open location code
9F47XCHW+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5586408532
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2744179
Wiki­data ID
Q73405
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Workum” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Workum”
  • Basque: “Workum”
  • Catalan: “Workum”
  • Cebuano: “Workum”
  • Chinese: “Workum”
  • Chinese: “沃尔克姆”
  • Chinese: “沃爾克姆”
  • Danish: “Workum”
  • Dutch: “Warkum”
  • Dutch: “Workum (plaats)”
  • Dutch: “Workum”
  • Esperanto: “Workum”
  • French: “Warkum”
  • French: “Workum”
  • German: “Warkum”
  • German: “Workum”
  • Hungarian: “Workum”
  • Indonesian: “Workum”
  • Irish: “Workum”
  • Italian: “Workum”
  • Japanese: “ウォルクム”
  • Kurdish: “Workum”
  • Lithuanian: “Vorkumas”
  • Low German: “Wörkem”
  • Low German: “Workum”
  • Luxembourgish: “Workum”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Workum”
  • Northern Frisian: “Warkum”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Workum”
  • Persian: “ورکوم”
  • Polish: “Workum”
  • Russian: “Варкум (город)”
  • Russian: “Воркум”
  • Russian: “Воркюм”
  • Spanish: “Workum”
  • Swedish: “Workum”
  • Ukrainian: “Воркюм”
  • Western Frisian: “Warkum”
  • Zeeuws: “Workum”

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