Oranjewoud
Sign in to saveOranjewoud (, literally "Orange Forest") is a small village in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Heerenveen, Friesland. Oranjewoud had a population of 1570 in January 2017. It is known for Oranjewoud Palace.
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- Locality
- Oranjewoud
- Region
- Fryslân
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,580
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Oranjewoud
- Settlement.native_name
- It Oranjewâld
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Landgoed_oranjewoud_2b.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_alt
- The buitenplaats called Oranjewoud
- Settlement.image_caption
- The buitenplaats called Oranjewoud
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_map
- Oranjewoud-OpenTopo.jpg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Oranjewoud
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- 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
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Heerenveen
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- www.oranjewoud-dorp.nl
- Image
- Landgoed oranjewoud 2b.jpg
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- Commons category
- Oranjewoud
- postal code
- 8453
- P8168
- Tettigonia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Overtuin
- Museum Belvédère
- Famous residents of Oranjewoud
- Population
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Oranjewoud (, literally "Orange Forest") is a small village in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Heerenveen, Friesland. Oranjewoud had a population of 1570 in January 2017. It is known for Oranjewoud Palace.
==History== left|thumb|230px|Oranjewoud Palace in 1765 left|thumb|230px|Klein Jagtlust Estate Oranjewoud Palace was built for the royal family. In 1676 Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau bought a country seat in the woods as a buitenplaats or summer residence. She was a Princess of Orange, and a widow of the Frisian Stadtholder Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz.
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