Stiens

Stiens is a town in the municipality of Leeuwarden, Netherlands. As of January 2017, the town had a population of about 7,545. Between 1944 and 2018, it was the capital of the municipality of Leeuwarderadeel.

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Settlement.name: Stiens
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Stiens - Sint-Vituskerk.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: St Vitus' Church
Settlement.image_map: Map NL Ljouwerteradiel Stiens.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location in (former) Leeuwarderadeel 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: Leeuwarden
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 18.07

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==History== The village was first mentioned in the 13th century Steninge, and means settlement of the people of Stena (person). Staining in Lancashire, England has the same origin. Stiens is a terp (artificial living mound) village with a radial structure which developed before our era along the Middelzee. There are additional terps to the north and south of the main terp on which the church was built. The western part of the main terp was later lost in floods.

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