Ie, Noardeast-Fryslân
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| image_map = Map NL Dongeradiel Ie.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Dongeradeel municipality
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| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Noardeast-Fryslân
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| area_total_km2 = 13.26
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9131AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 31 March 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.2
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_total = 645
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| website = [http://www.dorp-ee.nl Official]
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Ee or Ie is a village in the northern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, east of Dokkum. Ie had approximately 834 inhabitants in January 2017.[https://www.dongeradeel.nl/gemeente-dongeradeel/aantal-inwoners_41858/ Aantal inwoners per woonplaats in Dongeradeel op 1 januari 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021003857/https://www.dongeradeel.nl/gemeente-dongeradeel/aantal-inwoners_41858/ |date=2017-10-21 }} - Dongeradeel Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.
There are various types of buildings in Ee, including a church built in the 13th century. A flax museum of the Netherlands is also located in Ee. Ee has mostly remained an intact rural village.{{cite web|url=https://www.fietsnetwerk.nl/en/places/flax-museum-it-braakhok-ee/ |title=Flax Museum It Braakhok - Ee |website=Fiets netwerk |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=nl}}
Ee has the shortest name of all places in the Netherlands.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1450 as Ee, and means "water / river".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/ie3 |title=Ie - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=nl}} Ie is a terp (artificial living mound) village with a radial structure. It developed several centuries before Christ. The Dutch Reformed church dates from the 16th century and has a 13th-century nave. The tower was built in 1869.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0055.php |title=Ee |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=31 March 2022}} Up to 1729, a dike made inland navigation, and the nearby hamlet of {{ill|Tibma|nl}} had to be used as inland harbour.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/plaats/ee |title=Ee |website=Friesland Wonderland |access-date=2 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Ie was densely populated. There was no construction outside the terp until the 18th century. In 1840, Ie was home to 904 people.{{cite web |url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/ee |title=Ee |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=nl |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331191247/https://www.plaatsengids.nl/ee |url-status=dead }}
The village's official name was changed from Ee to Ie in 2023.{{cite web |title=22 dorpen in Noardeast-Fryslân krijgen op 1 januari 2023 een nieuwe Friese naam |url=https://www.rtvnof.nl/22-dorpen-in-noardeast-fryslan-krijgen-op-1-januari-2023-een-nieuwe-friese-naam/595397/ |website=RTV NOF |date=10 December 2022 |language=nl |trans-title=22 villages in Noardeast-Fryslân will receive a new Frisian name on 1 January 2023 |access-date=7 April 2023}}{{cite web |title=Friese namen |url=https://namen.taalunie.org/friese-namen |website=Taalunie |language=nl |trans-title=Frisian names |access-date=7 April 2023}}
Transportation
The N 358 passes through town.
Bus routes 63 and 562 connect Ie with Dokkum.
Gallery
File:Blik op Ee..JPG|View on Ie
File:Keareweare en Hervormde Kerk in Ee.jpg|Alley in Ie
File:Achterwei.jpg|Road in Ie
File:Kombord Ee (Dongeradeel).jpg|Sign at the entrance of town
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