Workum

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Workum

Total population

4,435

Land area21.27 km²

Coordinates52.98°, 5.45°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Workum is a city located in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân in Friesland, Netherlands. It received city rights in 1399 and is one of the eleven cities of Friesland. It had a population of 4,435 in January 2017.

Geography

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

Nearby places in Friesland

• Nijhuzum
  1.6 mi away · pop. 55
• Ferwoude
  2 mi away · pop. 235
• Hieslum
  2.8 mi away · pop. 90
• It Heidenskip
  2.9 mi away · pop. 335
• Parrega
  3.1 mi away · pop. 490
• Gaast
  3.1 mi away · pop. 220
• Sandfirden
  3.2 mi away · pop. 25
• Dedgum
  3.7 mi away · pop. 95
• Greonterp
  4 mi away · pop. 85
• Gaastmeer
  4.1 mi away · pop. 295
• Aldegea
  4.5 mi away · pop. 730
• Piaam
  4.5 mi away · pop. 50

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.

Recently spotted species

False Death-cap

Amanita citrina

Seen 2026-09-20

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-20

Amethyst Deceiver

Laccaria amethystina

Seen 2026-09-20

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-09-19

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeata

Seen 2026-09-14

Red Knot

Calidris canutus

Seen 2026-09-14

Common Shelduck

Tadorna tadorna

Seen 2026-09-12

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Seen 2026-09-12

Common Gull

Larus canus

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers