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Also known as Nijlân

Nijland () is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,000 in January 2017.

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Nijland () is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,000 in January 2017.

The coat of arms depicts a pair of oxen linked by a chain, because according to legend a pair of oxen determined the location of the church, and so the village.

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

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