Gaastmeer
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| name = Gaastmeer
| native_name = De Gaastmar
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Gaastmeer, de Pieltsjerke (Hervormde kerk) RM39765 IMG 2230 2018-04-18 08.56.jpg
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| image_caption = Gaastmeer, reformed church: de Pieltsjerke
| image_flag = Gaastmeer vlag.svg
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| image_shield = De Gaastmar wapen.svg
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| image_map = Map NL Wymbritseradiel De Gaastmar.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Wymbritseradiel municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the 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|Súdwest-Fryslân}} Súdwest-Fryslân
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 6.69
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8611JH |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 5 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = -0.4
| 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 = 280
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| utc_offset_DST = +2
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| area_code = 0515
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Gaastmeer ({{langx|fy|De Gaastmar}}) is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of 295 in January 2017.[http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=83765NED&D1=0-1,3-4,8,11,14,28,31-32,99-104&D2=13314-13470&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017] - CBS Statline
History
The village was first mentioned in 1245 as Gersmere, and used to mean "grassland near water", however erroneously evolved into gaast meaning higher land.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/gaastmeer |title=Gaastmeer - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}} Gaastmeer was an isolated village between the {{ill|Fluessen|nl}} and the {{ill|Groote Gaastmeer|nl}}. It was well connected via water, but had no road connections. It used to be a fishing village, and used to specialise in European eel. During the 18th and 19th century, the fishermen of Gaastmeer and neighbouring Heeg used to have their own wharf in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/plaats/gaastmeer |title=Gaastmeer |website=Friesland Wonderland |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Gaastmeer was home to 95 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/gaastmeer |title=Gaastmeer |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}} The Protestant Church dates from the 19th century and was rebuilt in 1953. The wooden tower was constructed in 1940. From 1962 onwards, many recreational homes were built in Gaastmeer.
Before 2011, the village was part of the Wymbritseradiel municipality.
Gallery
File:Gaastmeer, monumentaal pand foto1 2011-04-25 11.34.JPG|Monumentaal house
File:Bij Gaastmeer, sloot in het polderlandschap IMG 2459a 2018-04-19 08.28.jpg|Ditch in the polder landscape near the village
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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