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Bakkeveen
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Bakkeveen (; ) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in eastern Friesland (Fryslân) in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,465 in January 2017.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 26 inbound references to Bakkeveen, and connects out to municipality of the Netherlands, Netherlands and time zone.
It is catalogued under topics including Geography of Opsterland and Populated places in Friesland.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bakkeveen
- Region
- Fryslân
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,450
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bakkeveen
- Settlement.native_name
- Bakkefean
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- De Slotplaats, Bakkeveen.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- De Slotplaats
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bakkeveen vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Bakkefean wapen.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Map NL Opsterlân Bakkefean.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Opsterland municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Friesland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Opsterland
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- www.bakkeveen.nl
- Image
- De Slotplaats, Bakkeveen.JPG
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- Commons category
- Bakkeveen
- WordLift URL
- data.wordlift.io/wl01254/entity/bakkeveen
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Bakkeveen (; ) is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in eastern Friesland (Fryslân) in the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,465 in January 2017.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1232-1233 as "apud Backenvene", and means "raised bog of Bakke (person)". Bakkeveen developed in the 13th century around the outpost Mariënhof of monastery in Hallum.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bakkeveen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
On the map
3 mapped locations
Available in 12 languages
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