De Veenhoop
De Veenhoop (West Frisian: De Feanhoop) is a village in Smallingerland municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 245 in January 2017.
History
The village was first mentioned between 1851 and 1855 as De Veenhoop, and means "place where peat is excavated". De Veenhoop developed in the late 19th century at the intersection of the Polderhoofdkanaal and the Grietmansrak as a peat excavation village.
Nature
The Petgatten de Feanhoop is a nature area on the edge of De Alde Feanen National Park. The 200 hectares (490 acres) area of lakes and swamp forest attracted a large variety of bird life, and is a protected area since 1996.
Gallery
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Hotel
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References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9215MA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Bevolkingscijfers Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine - Smallingerland
- ^ "Veenhoop - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "De Veenhoop". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Petgatten de Feanhoop". It Fryske Gea (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
External links
Media related to De Veenhoop at Wikimedia Commons
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