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Langezwaag
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Langezwaag () is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,365 in January 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- Langezwaag
- Region
- Fryslân
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 615
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Langezwaag
- Settlement.native_name
- Langsweagen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Langsweagen, Mattéustsjerke.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Langezwaag church
- Settlement.image_shield
- Langezwaag wapen.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Map NL Opsterlân Langsweagen.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
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Opsterland
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Friesland
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Langezwaag, kerk 2008-07-05 09.53.JPG
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- Langezwaag
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Encyclopedic overview
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Langezwaag () is a village in the municipality of Opsterland in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,365 in January 2017.
==History== The village was first mentioned in 1315 as Utresuagh, and means "long meadow with caddle". Lange (long) has been added to distinguish from . Kortezwaag was annexed by Gorredijk in 1962 and is now a neighbourhood. The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1781 as a replacement of a medieval church.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Langezwaag” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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