Aldtsjerk

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Aldtsjerk
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Oudkerk
Oudkerk (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°15′49″N5°53′18″E / 53.26361°N 5.88833°E / 53.26361; 5.88833
Country Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Province Frisian flag.svg Friesland
Municipality Tytsjerksteradiel flag.svg Tytsjerksteradiel
Area
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 • Total7.08 km2 (2.73 sq mi)
Elevation
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0.1 m (0.3 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total640
 • Density90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Postal code
9064 [1]
Dialing code 058
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Aldtsjerk (Dutch : Oudkerk [3] ) is a village on the main road from Leeuwarden to Dokkum. It is part of Tytsjerksteradiel municipality, Friesland, the Netherlands and had around 615 inhabitants as of January 2018. [4]

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Its annual festivities include the Doarpsfeest, including a parade, held in the summer. Local landmarks include the Heemstra State, former residence of the aristocratic Sminia family. The village's main road, the van Sminiaweg is about 1.5 km long and named after the Sminia family. The village also houses a former baker who was quite famous for his Oranjekoek and Suikerbrood, but who retired in 2000 when the euro was introduced. Local shopping facilities are scarce: the nearest grocery market is located in Oentsjerk, about three kilometers outside town limits. The most notable shop of the town is a bike dealership and a store called Bram en Jannie's, which stands not actually in the village itself, but halfway between Aldtjserk and Oentsjerk. In the center of the village is located the Aldtsjerk church, which was built in 12th century and gives the village its name ("Old Church").

Near the village is the Aldtsjerkster mar, a small lake which is an important point on the Elfstedentocht. In Dutch, the village is called Oudkerk ("Old Church"); Aldtsjerk is its West Frisian name. It was one of the first Frisian towns to be generally listed under its West Frisian, rather than its Dutch name. The Ouderkerkermolen is a preserved windmill in Aldtsjerk.

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  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 5 April 2022. two entries
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 9064DB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Taalunie (2019). "Friese namen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Statistiek, Centraal Bureau voor de. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

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