Wommels

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Wommels

Total population

2,215

Coordinates53.11°, 5.59°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Wommels is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 2,216 in January 2017.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Loes Geurts

Dutch association football player

Titus Brandsma

Dutch Carmelite friar, Catholic priest, professor of philosophy and saint (1881–1942)

W

Willem Abma

Frisian poet and writer

R

Rients Feikes de Boer

Dutch politician (1869-1951)

J

Jan Loman

Dutch poet, painter and writer (1918-2006)

Boetius à Bolswert

engraver of Friesland origin (1580-1633)

S

Seakle Greijdanus

Dutch Calvinist theologian (1871–1948)

Arjen Draisma de Vries

Dutch politician

J

Jacob Wijngaard

Dutch mathematician, university teacher and economist

Bas Jacobs

Dutch columnist, economist and writer

Schelte a Bolswert

Dutch engraver (1586-1659)

L

Larry van Wieren

Dutch ice hockey player

G

Gerben Abma

Dutch historian and writer (1932–2016)

M

Meinte Abma

Dutch politician

R

Rudolphus Hamerster Dijkstra

politician (1833–1878)

Wout Zijlstra

Dutch strength athlete

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Friesland

• Kûbaard
  1 mi away · pop. 240
• Iens
  1.4 mi away · pop. 30
• Easterein
  1.5 mi away · pop. 970
• Hinnaard
  1.8 mi away · pop. 45
• Waaksens
  2.1 mi away · pop. 85
• Hidaard
  2.2 mi away · pop. 125
• Burgwerd
  2.3 mi away · pop. 315
• Itens
  2.4 mi away · pop. 230
• Spannum
  2.5 mi away · pop. 276
• Lollum
  2.6 mi away · pop. 360
• Hartwerd
  3 mi away · pop. 125
• Reahûs
  3 mi away · pop. 170

Browse all places in Friesland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Wommels

Het licht van feestverstoorders

Martien Jacobus Gerardus de Jong · 2008

Search results from Open Library.

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Wommels, sourced from Wikidata.

• Greidhoek' Festival

  festival

  music and cultural festival in September in Wommels, Friesland, the Netherlands

Source: Wikidata (CC0).