Achlum
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| name = Achlum
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = 20140530 Kerk van Achlum Fr NL.jpg
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| image_caption = Achlum church
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| image_map = Map NL Frjentsjerteradiel Achlum.png
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| map_caption = Location in the Franekeradeel municipality
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Waadhoeke
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| area_total_km2 = 7.62
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8806KA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 4 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.3
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=4 April 2022}}
| population_total = 595
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Achlum ({{IPA|nl|ˈɑxlʏm}}) is a village in the Waadhoeke municipality of Friesland, Netherlands. It is approximately 7 km southwest of the city of Franeker.
Achlum had about 629 inhabitants in January 2014.[https://www.franekeradeel.nl/wonen-en-werken/publicatie/aantal-inwoners-per-buurtdorp Aantal inwoners per buurt/dorp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812122533/http://www.franekeradeel.nl/wonen-en-werken/publicatie/aantal-inwoners-per-buurtdorp |date=2012-08-12 }} - Franekeradeel
History
Before 2018, the village was part of the Franekeradeel municipality. The village has a church which dates from the 12th century and is placed atop a so-called terp mound. Around the year 1260 there was a priory of Augustinian nuns, a part of the Lúntsjerk monastery which was destroyed in 1530. At that time the prior in Achlum was rebuilt but in 1572 the Geuzen destroyed it again. In Achlum used to be a butter factory which processed the milk of local farmers to butter.
In 1811 a farmer from Achlum called Ulbe Piers Draisma established a mutual fire insurance. The insurance society was called Onderlinge Waarborgmaatschappij Achlum.
De Achlumer Molen is a smock mill in Achlum which has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 15821.{{cite web|url=http://www.molens.nl/dbase/molen.php?&molenid=1201 |title=Tehnische Gegevens |publisher=De Hollandsche Molen |language=Dutch |accessdate=24 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008000044/http://www.molens.nl/dbase/molen.php?&molenid=1201 |archivedate=8 October 2011 }} (Click on "Technische Gegevens" to view.)
File:Achlum - Achlumer Molen.jpg|De Achlumer Molen
Community
= Population =
- 2009 - 635
- 2008 - 652
- 2005 - 663
- 2004 - 666
- 2003 - 664
- 2002 - 674
- 2001 - 679
- 2000 - 668
- 1999 - 652
- 1973 - 738
- 1969 - 796
- 1964 - 824
- 1959 - 881
- 1954 - 889
= Notable residents =
- {{ill|Ulbe Piers Draisma|fy}} (1785–1830)), founder of insurance company Achmea
Gallery
File:Achlum met een monumentale boerderij.jpg|Farm in Achlum
File:Dorpsgezicht van het dorp Achlum in Friesland.jpg|Canal view
File:Monnikenweg 2.jpg|House in Achlum
File:Tanjabuurt 8.jpg|House in Achlum
References
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{{Dutch municipality Waadhoeke}}
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