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Feankleaster
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Feankleaster is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands, with a population of around 97 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland municipality.
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- Locality
- Feankleaster
- Region
- Fryslân
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 105
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Feankleaster is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands, with a population of around 97 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland municipality.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1446 as "da conuent to Faen", and means monastery on the moorland. Feankleaster started as a peat excavation settlement in the 11th or 12th century and developed along the intersection of the road from Kollum to Kollumersweach and Twijzel.
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