De Tike
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| name = De Tike
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Sunrise boven de Leyen. De Tike.JPG
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| image_caption = Sunrise at De Leyen lake
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| image_map = Map NL Smellingerlân De Tike.png
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| map_caption = Location in Smallingerland municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Smallingerland}} Smallingerland
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 3.30
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9219VH |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 3 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=3 April 2022}}
| population_total = 335
| population_density_km2 = auto
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De Tike is a small village in Smallingerland in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 311 in January 2017.[https://www.smallingerland.nl/Int/Drachten-en-de-dorpen/Bevolkingscijfers.html Bevolkingscijfers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107022936/https://www.smallingerland.nl/Int/Drachten-en-de-dorpen/Bevolkingscijfers.html |date=2017-11-07 }} - Smallingerland
History
The village was first mentioned in 1541 as Teeckeveen, and means "raised bog with ticks".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/tike2 |title=Tike - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} De Tike developed on a clay ridge during the peat excavation of the region in the 17th century.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/friesland/plaats/de-tike |title=De Tike |website=Friesland Wonderland |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} After the peat was removed, the land turned into heath which was cultivated in the early 20th century. De Tike never had a church, however the village house was used for religious ceremonies as well.
De Tike was home to 277 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/de-tike |title=De Tike |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} It used to be a hamlet under Opeinde. In 1953, it was elevated to village, and later physically separated from Opeinde by the construction of the N31 expressway.
Gallery
File:Boerderij stelptype.JPG|Farm in De Tike
File:Haventje van de Tike.jpg|Little harbour
File:Voorgevel, hut van gebr. Deelstra; foto Leeuwarde Courant - Tieke - 20463074 - RCE.jpg|Peat excavation hut (1962)
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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