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De Veenhoop

Village in Friesland, Netherlands

De Veenhoop De Feanhoop
Village

Flag Coat of arms
Location in Smallingerland municipality
53°5′49″N 5°56′59″E / 53.09694°N 5.94972°E / 53.09694; 5.94972
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Smallingerland
Area ^[1]
• Total	9.75 km² (3.76 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	−1.0 m (−3.3 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	260
• Density	27/km² (69/sq mi)
Postal code	9215^[1]
Dialing code	0512

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.^[3]

History

The village was first mentioned between 1851 and 1855 as De Veenhoop, and means "place where peat is excavated".^[4] De Veenhoop developed in the late 19th century at the intersection of the Polderhoofdkanaal and the Grietmansrak as a peat excavation village.^[5]

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.^[6]^[5]

Gallery

Windmotor Herkules
Draw bridge Polderhuis
Sluice
Hotel

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ ^a ^b "De Veenhoop". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
^ "Petgatten de Feanhoop". It Fryske Gea (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.