Vlieland
Sign in to savethumb|275px|Map of the island of Vlieland, December 2015 (; ) is a municipality and island in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland is the second most sparsely populated municipality in the Netherlands, after Schiermonnikoog.
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Vlieland is a municipality and island located in the northern Netherlands. It is notable for being the second most sparsely populated municipality in the country, with only Schiermonnikoog having fewer residents.
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thumb|275px|Map of the island of Vlieland, December 2015 (; ) is a municipality and island in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland is the second most sparsely populated municipality in the Netherlands, after Schiermonnikoog.
Vlieland is one of the West Frisian Islands, lying in the Wadden Sea. It is the second island from the west in the chain, lying between Texel and Terschelling. The island was permanently separated from the mainland in St. Lucia's flood in 1287. Vlieland was named after the Vlie, the seaway between it and Terschelling that was the estuary of the river IJssel in medieval times. Richel is a permanently dry sandbank, located about east of the northernmost point of Vlieland and is administered by the municipality of Vlieland.