Saaksum (Dutch: [ˈsaːksʏm]; Gronings: Soaksum) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. As of 2021, it had a population of 90. Until the municipal reorganization of 1990, it belonged to the former municipality of Oldehove.

Saaksum is a wierde village in good condition. It is a protected villagescape. The wierde is located on the edge of the village, on the main road from Aduard to Roodehaan [nl].

The Reformed Church, which was rebuilt in 1849, is located on the wierde. Its predecessor was a church dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria according to a document from 1588. A memorial stone at the bottom of the tower reports that it was ghemake ('made') in 1550. The tower was restored in 1709. In 1845 it was decided to build a new church due to its dilapidation, but the tower remained standing. The new church was built in 1849. From the church, a short church path runs to the village, which is located entirely along a circular road.

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  The church of Saaksum
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  Houses on the Noordstraat
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  Harbour of Saaksum to the Oldehoofsch canal [nl]

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