Winsum
Sign in to saveupright=1.35|thumb|Dutch Topographic map of Winsum, July 2013 Winsum (; ) is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 the municipality merged with the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne and Eemsmond to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Winsum
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and former municipality
- Settlement.image_flag
- VlagWinsum.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100x67px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Winsum wapen.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Map - NL - Municipality code 0053 (2009).svg
- Settlement.map_alt
- Highlighted position of Winsum in a municipal map of Groningen
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Groningen
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Groningen
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Het Hogeland
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 27.82
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1
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upright=1.35|thumb|Dutch Topographic map of Winsum, July 2013 Winsum (; ) is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2019 the municipality merged with the municipalities of Bedum, De Marne and Eemsmond to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.
The town of Winsum was officially established in 1057 as the fusion of three historic villages: Obergum (North), Winsum (center) and Bellingeweer (South). The majority of the town's 8,000 inhabitants commute to the nearby city Groningen.