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Abbegea

Abbegea () is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân, about 6 km west of the city of Sneek. Abbegea had about 245 inhabitants in January 2017.

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Place details

Locality: Abbega
Region: Fryslân
Country: Nederland

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Abbega
Settlement.native_name: Abbegea
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Abbega.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: St Gertrude's Church
Settlement.image_map: Map NL Wymbritseradiel Abbegea.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location in the former Wymbritseradiel municipality
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country

Wikidata facts

Country: Netherlands
Located in: Súdwest-Fryslân
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Image: Abbega.jpg

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Abbegea () is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân, about 6 km west of the city of Sneek. Abbegea had about 245 inhabitants in January 2017.

==History== The village was first mentioned between 1250 and 1275 as Abbahem, and means "settlement of Abbe (person)". Abbegea is a terp (artificial living hill) village which developed between 1000 and 1200. It was well connected on the waterways, but had no road connections for most of its history.