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Burgum
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Also known as Bergum

thumb|De Poppestien, Burgum Burgum is the largest and administrative town of the municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel, in the Dutch province of Friesland. It had a population of 10,058 inhabitants in January 2017.

Key facts

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Burgum
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Bergum
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
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Burgum, de Kruiskerk RM35634 foto2 2015-05-10 11.36.jpg
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Burgum, church: de Kruiskerk
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Bergum vlag.svg
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Burgum wapen.svg
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Map NL Tytsjerksteradiel Burgum.png
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Location of the village in Tytsjerksteradiel
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Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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right
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250
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Location in the Netherlands
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Country
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Netherlands
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Province
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Friesland
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Municipality

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thumb|De Poppestien, Burgum Burgum is the largest and administrative town of the municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel, in the Dutch province of Friesland. It had a population of 10,058 inhabitants in January 2017.

On 1 January 1989 the official name of the village was changed from Bergum to Burgum. This was done to match the Frisian name of the village. Bergum is the current name in Dutch.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burgum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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