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Idskenhuizen

Idskenhuizen () is a village in De Fryske Marren municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 480 in 2017.

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Settlement.name: Idskenhuizen
Settlement.native_name: Jiskenhuzen
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Idskenhuizen - hervormde kerk.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Idskenhuizen church
Settlement.image_map: Map NL Skarsterlân Jiskenhuzen.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location in the former Skarsterlân 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
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Friesland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: De Fryske Marren
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Idskenhuizen () is a village in De Fryske Marren municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 480 in 2017.

==History== The village as first mentioned in 1495 as Eesken hwsen, and means "settlement of Eesk/Eeske (person)". Around 1500, the villa Roordastins was located near the village. In 1840, it was home to 296 people. The Protestant church dates from 1889, and is a replacement of an earlier church.