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West-Terschelling
Sign in to saveWest-Terschelling () is the largest village on Terschelling in the province Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 2,602 in January 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- West-Terschelling
- Region
- Fryslân
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 2,525
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- West-Terschelling
- Settlement.native_name
- West-Skylge
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- West Terschelling, Terschelling.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View from the harbour
- Settlement.image_map
- Map - NL - Terschelling - Wijk 00 West-Terschelling - Buurt 00 West-Terschelling.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the village on Terschelling
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- 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
- Terschelling
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Terschelling
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Wadden Sea
- Capital of
- Terschelling
- Image
- West Terschelling, Terschelling.JPG
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- West-Terschelling
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Museums and monuments
- Gallery
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- References
West-Terschelling () is the largest village on Terschelling in the province Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 2,602 in January 2017.
The skyline of the village is dominated by the Brandaris lighthouse, the village had also been named Sint Brandariusparochie, Sint-Brandariuskerke and just Brandaris in earlier centuries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West-Terschelling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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