Spannum

Spannum () is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 282 in January 2017.

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Settlement.name: Spannum
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Spannum, kerk foto4 2011-04-26 13.20.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Spannum church
Settlement.image_shield: Spannum wapen.svg
Settlement.image_map: Map NL Littenseradiel Spannum.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location in the former Littenseradiel 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: Waadhoeke
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Image: 2023 Spannum, hoeke Tsjerkebuorren-Lytse Buorren mei sicht op de Sint-Remigiustsjerke.jpg

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Spannum () is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 282 in January 2017.

==History== The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Spannum. The etymology is unclear. In 1332, an outpost of the monastery Lidlum of Oosterbierum was located in the Spannum. The Dutch Reformed church was restored in 1743 and enlarged in the late-19th century.