De Veenhoop

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| name = De Veenhoop

| native_name = De Feanhoop

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| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = De Veenhoop b.jpg

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| image_map = Map NL Smellingerlân De Feanhoop.png

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| map_caption = Location in Smallingerland municipality

| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Smallingerland}} Smallingerland

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 9.75

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9215MA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 3 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = -1.0

| 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 = 260

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| postal_code = 9215

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| area_code = 0512

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De Veenhoop ({{langx|fy|De Feanhoop}}) is a village in Smallingerland municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 245 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 between 1851 and 1855 as De Veenhoop, and means "place where peat is excavated".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/veenhoop |title=Veenhoop - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} De Veenhoop developed in the late 19th century at the intersection of the Polderhoofdkanaal and the Grietmansrak as a peat excavation village.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/de-veenhoop |title=De Veenhoop |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}}

Nature

The Petgatten de Feanhoop is a nature area on the edge of De Alde Feanen National Park. The {{convert|200|ha}} area of lakes and swamp forest attracted a large variety of bird life, and is a protected area since 1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.itfryskegea.nl/natuurgebied/petgatten-de-feanhoop/ |title=Petgatten de Feanhoop |website=It Fryske Gea |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}}

Gallery

File:Windmotor Herkules De Veenhoop 09c.JPG|Windmotor Herkules

File:Natuurgebied Petgatten De Feanhoop. 19-10-2020. (actm.) 67.jpg|Draw bridge Polderhuis

File:Natuurgebied Petgatten De Feanhoop. 19-10-2020. (actm.) 61.jpg|Sluice

File:Natuurgebied Petgatten De Feanhoop. 19-10-2020. (actm.) 48.jpg|Hotel

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