Goënga
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| name = Goënga
| native_name = Goaiïngea
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Exterieur naar het noordwesten - Goënga - 20079229 - RCE.jpg
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| image_caption = Goënga Church (1959)
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| image_map = Map NL Wymbritseradiel Goaiïngea.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Wymbritseradiel 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|Súdwest-Fryslân}} Súdwest-Fryslân
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 1.52
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8628EK |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|quote=two entries}}
| population_total = 255
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| area_code = 0515
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Goënga ({{langx|fy|Goaiïngea}}) is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 240 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 13th century as Goingum, and means "settlement of the people of Goaije".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/goenga |title=Goënga - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}} Goënga is a terp (artificial living hill) village from the middle ages. It was located to the east of the former Middelzee.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/plaats/goenga |title=Goënga |website=Friesland Wonderland |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}} It was connected to Sneek via a canal.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0066.php |title=Goënga |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=5 April 2022}}
The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1758 and has a tower from 1787 which contains a bell from 1342 made by Stephanus. The former clergy house has been turned into a private house.
Goënga was home to 183 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/go%C3%ABnga |title=Goënga |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}} Before 2011, the village was part of the Wymbritseradiel municipality. Nowadays it a part of the Súdwest-Fryslân.
Gallery
File:In het 't Pollehout in Goenga..JPG|Houses in Goënga
File:Goënga, dorp in Súdwest-Fryslân.jpg|View on Goënga
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