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Waskemeer
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Waskemeer () is a village in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 17 inbound references to Waskemeer, and connects out to municipality of the Netherlands, Netherlands and time zone.
It is catalogued under topics including Geography of Ooststellingwerf and Populated places in Friesland.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Waskemeer
- Region
- Fryslân
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 550
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Waskemeer
- Settlement.native_name
- Waskemar
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- <!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" .JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Windmotor in Waskemeer
- Settlement.image_map
- Map NL Eaststellingwerf Waskemar.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Ooststellingwerf municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- 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
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ooststellingwerf
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5.78
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 6
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Waskemar
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Opsterland
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- www.waskemeer.nl
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- Waskemeer
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Football
- References
- External links
Waskemeer () is a village in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland, the Netherlands.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1718 Gr. Waske Meer. The etymology is unclear. Waskemeer started as a peat excavation village after the Haulerwijkstervaart was dug in 1756 by the Drachters Company.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Waskemeer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations
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