Mirns
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| name = Mirns
| native_name = Murns
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Klokkenstoel Mirns 05c.JPG
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| image_caption = Mirns bell tower
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| image_map = Map NL Gaasterlân Sleat Murns.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Gaasterlân Sleat municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| 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|De Fryske Marren}} De Fryske Marren
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 3.72
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8573WN |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 29 March 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 3
| 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=29 March 2022}}
| population_total = 105
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Mirns ({{langx|fy|Murns}}) is a village in De Fryske Marren in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 130 in 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=5165-5286&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017] - CBS
History
The village was first mentioned between 1243 and 1254 as Midlinghe, and means settlement in the middle.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/mirns |title=Mirns - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=29 March 2022 |language=nl |quote=1132 reference was a forgery}} Mirns was a settlement on the former Zuiderzee coast (nowadays: IJsselmeer). The church was demolished in the mid-18th century.
The belfry was built in 1723. It was destroyed on 22 December 1943 when an American Consolidated B-24 Liberator was struck by a rocket and crashed into the tower. Seven of the crew members died in the crash, however Joe Gill survived. All except John Allen were reburied at the Netherlands American Cemetery after the war.{{cite web|url=https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/52583/Klokkenstoel-Mirns.htm |title=Klokkenstoel Mirns |website=Traces of War |access-date=29 March 2022 |language=nl}} The bell tower was later rebuilt in a wider shape. There is a little American wind mill from the 1920s on the coast.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0018.php |title=Bakhuizen |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=29 March 2022}}
Before 2009, Mirns was part of the Gaasterlân-Sleat municipality and before 1984 it was part of Gaasterland.
Gallery
File:Mirns, huisje aan de doorgaande weg.JPG|Little house
File:Plaatsnaambord Mirns.JPG|Welcome to Mirns
File:20190703 Vogelhut De Mok1 tussen Mirns en Laaxum.jpg|Bird watching shed
File:20190703 Mirnser Klif1.jpg|Beach of Mirns
File:Oorlogsmonument Mirns. 04-07-2023. (actm.) 01.jpg|War Memorial
Kerkhof Mirns. 04-07-2023. (actm.).jpg| Graveyard Mirns. Ossuary.
References
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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