Ee (Noardeast-Fryslân)

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Ee
Flag of the Ee location
flag 		Coat of arms of the place Ee
coat of arms
province Fryslân Fryslân
local community Noardeast-Fryslân
Area
 - land
 - water 		13.26  km 2
13.12 km 2
0.14 km 2
Residents 830 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Coordinates 53 ° 20 '  N , 6 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 20 '  N , 6 ° 6'  E
Important traffic route N358
prefix 0519
Postcodes 9124, 9131-9132, 9135, 9251, 9295, 9976
Website Homepage of Ee

Ee [ eː ] ( West Frisian Ie [ ɪeː ]) is a village in the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân in the Dutch province of Friesland . Ee is located east of Dokkum and has 830 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).

It is believed that Ee is derived from the Latin aqua (water). With only two letters, Ee is the shortest place name in the Netherlands.

history

Ee was built on a terp and probably existed before 900, because in 1980 remains of gray-kneaded pottery were found. Since 1580 there has been no Roman Catholic , but Protestant service in the village church. In 1879 the village had 1,085 inhabitants. However, the number of inhabitants fell to 993 by 1889 because arable farming could not keep up with the increased competition from abroad.

The place-name sign of Ee.

Parish partnership

Ee concluded with Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - the place with the longest place name in Europe - and Y - a French town with the shortest name municipalities in Europe - a community partnership .

Web links

Commons : Ee  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 16, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Lexicon of superlatives . Extraordinary and curious things from the world of records - 2000 edition. Bertelsmann, 2000, ISBN 3-577-10431-7 .