Anjum
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 Fryslân
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| local community | Noardeast-Fryslân |
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Area - land - water |
19.71 km 2 19.02 km 2 0.69 km 2 |
| Residents | 1,055 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 23 ' N , 6 ° 8' E |
| Important traffic route |
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| prefix | 0519 |
| Postcodes | 9131-9133, 9976 |
| Website | Homepage of Anjum |
Anjum ( West Frisian Eanjum ) is a village in the northeast of the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân in the Dutch province of Friesland . It has 1,055 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
history
Anjum was probably around the year 1000 by a man named Ane on a mound set up. 530 Anjum residents died in the All Saints Flood in 1570 . In the Christmas flood of 1717 , 53 Anjum residents lost their lives.
From 1913 to 1935 Anjum was the terminus of the Dokkumer Lokaaltje, a North Frisian railway line. The train stop is still standing today.
In Anjum there is the Michaëlkerk, a tuff church built around 1100 .
Web links
Commons : Anjum - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Village website (Dutch)
- Information on the history of the village In: friesland-digitaal.eu (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 16, 2018 (Dutch)