Britswert
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| name = Britswerd
| native_name = Britswert
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Sint-Joriskerk Britswert 01.jpg
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| image_caption = Britswert church
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| image_map = Map NL Littenseradiel Britswert.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Littenseradiel municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Súdwest-Fryslân}} Súdwest-Fryslân
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 4.26
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8636VA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 5 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.2
| 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=5 April 2022}}
| population_total = 105
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Britswert ({{langx|nl|Britswerd}}) is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 112 in January 2017.[http://www.littenseradiel.nl/internet/over-littenseradiel_41217/item/aantal-inwoners-per-dorp_14845.html Aantal inwoners per dorp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421112253/http://www.littenseradiel.nl/internet/over-littenseradiel_41217/item/aantal-inwoners-per-dorp_14845.html# |date=2017-04-21 }} - Littenseradiel
History
The village was first mentioned in the late-13th century as Bretsenewarth, and means "broken or split terp.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/britswert |title=Britswert - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}} Britswert is a terp (artificial living hill) villages which was located between two lakes. The Britswerdermeer was finally poldered in 1885. The St Joris Church dates from the 12th century, however it was restored after a fire in 1514, and the tower was rebuilt in 1889.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/plaats/britswert |title=Britswert |website=Friesland Wonderland |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}} The village as home to both fishermen and farmers. Between 1200 and 1300, the Middelzee silted, and the village gradually became an agricultural community.
Britswert was home to 120 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/britswert |title=Britswert |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality.
Gallery
File:Britswert, Buorren.jpg|Houses in Britswert
File:Britswert, een dorp in Friesland.jpg|View on Britswert
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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