Akkrum
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 Fryslân
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| local community |
 Heerenveen
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Area - land - water |
11.92 km 2 11.19 km 2 0.73 km 2 |
| Residents | 3,395 (Jan 1, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 3 ' N , 5 ° 50' E |
| Important traffic route |
 
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| prefix | 0566 |
| Postcodes | 8467-8468, 8491, 8494-8495, 9001, 9011 |
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Akkrum is a village in the municipality of Heerenveen in the Dutch province of Friesland . It is located next to the district of Nes , which is why Akkrum-Nes is sometimes mentioned . The village of Akkrum has 3,355 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).
The village lies on the Boorne river with the Leppa aquaduct and belongs to the Buurtschap Oude Schouw . Since the dissolution of Boarnsterhim in 2014, Akkrum has been part of the municipality of Heerenveen .
history
Akkrum was the main town of the former municipality of Utingeradeel until the territorial reform of 1984 . It also included the villages of Akmarijp , Aldeboarn , Nes, Terhorne and Terkaple . Until December 31, 2013 Akkrum was finally part of the now dissolved Boarnsterhim municipality .
Church building
Terptsjerke
Doopsgezinde Kerk
Secular buildings
Coopersburg with mausoleum
Welglich
Water tower
traffic
Akkrum is on the A32 motorway between Heerenveen and Leeuwarden . The village has a train station. Trains to Leeuwarden and Meppel stop here (and on to Zwolle and via Lelystad to Den Haag Centraal ).
Various bus routes run in Akkrum, including to Buitenpost, Heerenveen, Gorredijk, Jimsum and Nes. These bus routes are operated by Arriva and Qbuzz .
Sports
- VV Akkrum, football club
Population development
| 1954 | 1959 | 1964 | 1969 | 1973 | 1999 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2491 | 2530 | 2571 | 2564 | 2491 | 3213 | 3184 | 3128 | 3156 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 3233 | 3290 | 3311 | 3369 | 3417 | 3416 | 3406 | 3365 | 3355 |
Famous residents
- Willem and Hans Anker, both criminal lawyers
- Foppe de Haan , football coach
- Rients Gratama , cabaret artist, singer, actor, writer
- Jan Akkerman , guitarist from 1975-1992
Sons and daughters of the village
- Johannes Acronius Frisius (1520–1564), doctor and mathematician
- Adam de Boer (1721–1800), ice skater
- Jant Visser-Bakker (1906–1992), teacher and author
- Hyke Koopmans (1924-2010), artist
- Harry Langman (1931-2016), politician
- Sjoukje Dijkstra (* 1942), figure skater
- Ids Willemsma (* 1948), sculptor
literature
- W. de Blécourt, RA Koman [et al.]: Kromme Knilles en Manke Meine. In: Verhalen van stad en streek: Legends in the Netherlands. Bert Bakker 2010, pp. 65-67.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 17, 2018 (Dutch)