Grou

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Grou
Grouw
Village
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St Peter's Church
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Location in the former Boarnsterhim municipality
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Grou
Location in the Netherlands
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Grou
Grou (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°06′N5°50′E / 53.10°N 5.83°E / 53.10; 5.83
Country Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Province Frisian flag.svg Friesland
Municipality Leeuwarden vlag 2014.svg Leeuwarden
Population
 (2017)
  Total
5,655
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
9000-01
Telephone area0566

Grou (Dutch : Grouw [1] ) is a town in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and had around 5655 citizens in January 2017. [2] Since 2014 Grou is part of the municipality of Leeuwarden.

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The town is located on the Pikmeer  [ fy ] lake and the Prinses Margriet Canal. Heineken operated a distribution centre for Friesland in Grou for 25 years until 2004. [3]

It used to be the capital of the municipality of Idaarderadeel  [ fy ] before the reorganization of municipalities in 1984, and capital of the municipality of Boarnsterhim until 2014.

While the rest of the Netherlands celebrates Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) on December 5, Grou instead celebrates a unique local variation of this children's holiday known as Sint-Piter  [ fy ] on February 21. In local lore Sint Piter is a distinct character separate from Saint Nicholas, and was historically known as the patron saint for local fishermen. [4]

A nickname for the town is Tsiisferdûnsers, meaning cheese dancers, from a story where a fiddler was paid with cheese at a village dance.[ citation needed ]

Transport

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A32 underpass of the Prinses Margriet Canal

The town is located at an exit on the A32 motorway. There is a ferry across the canal called Veerpont de Burd that connects the de Burd island. The Grou-Jirnsum railway station is on the Staatslijn A (Arnhem - Leeuwarden) line.

Population

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map of Grou
1954195919641969197319901999
3453352238804129460053165472
2002200420052006200720082009
5731591658755769573756735634
2011
5623

Notable births

Sport

An artificial ice rink (Glice) invented by Eric Sinnema was opened for public use in 2007. [5]

Notable buildings

References

  1. Taalunie (2020). "Friese namen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 - CBS Statline
  3. "De Grouster - Nieuws". De Grouster.
  4. "Geschiedenis – Sint Piter". Sint Piter.
  5. "Wereldprimeur in Grou met kunststof ijsbaan - NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl". www.nu.nl.