Baflo
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 Groningen
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| local community |
 Het Hogeland
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Area - land - water |
31.45 km 2 31.29 km 2 0.16 km 2 |
| Residents | 2,020 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 22 ′ N , 6 ° 31 ′ E |
| Important traffic route |
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| prefix | 0595 |
| Postcodes | 9951, 9953, 9955 |
Baflo ( Gronings Bavvelt ) is a village in the municipality of Het Hogeland in the north Dutch province of Groningen .
The village has developed around a terp on which the Romanesque St. Laurentius Church from the 13th century stands today. The church has a free-standing tower.
Baflo is the start and finish point of the Nordrundfahrt Noorderrondritten , an ice-skating competition, which is also called the Groninger Eleven Cities Tour based on the traditional Elfstedentocht through the province of Friesland - whose start and destination is Leeuwarden ; this round trip has been taking place since 1940 over a distance of around 150 km on the canals of the province of Groningen. The village lies on the Rasquerdermaar and the Baflo-Mensingeweer canal. From the Bafloërmaar , once the connection to Winsum , nothing more than a wide moat is left.
Baflo is the birthplace of the humanist Rudolf Agricola .
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- ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 30, 2018 (Dutch)