Moddergat

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| name = Moddergat

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| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Moddergat, zicht op dorp vanaf zeedijk.jpg

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| image_caption = View from the seaside

| image_flag = Paesens and Moddergat vlag.svg

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| image_shield = Peazens-Moddergat wapen.svg

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| nickname = Blabberpoepert

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| image_map = Map NL Dongeradiel Moddergat.png

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| map_caption = Location in the former Dongeradeel municipality

| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands

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| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Noardeast-Fryslân

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 1.91

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9142DL |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 31 March 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 1.1

| 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=31 March 2022|quote=two entries}}

| population_total = 235

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 9142

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0519

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Moddergat is a fishing village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 221 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.

The name of the village means 'mud hole' in Dutch and in West Frisian.{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/?sl=nl&tl=en&text=moddergat&op=translate |title=Translate Moddergat nl->en |website=Google |access-date=31 March 2022}} Moddergat is twinned with Peazens, and they are often referred to as "Peazens-Moddergat".

In 1883, 17 of the 22 ships of Moddergat were lost at sea during a storm killing 83 fishermen. In 1958, a monument was placed on the sea dike in their honour.{{cite web|url=https://www.online-begraafplaatsen.nl/begraafplaats/706/Monument-omgekomen-zeelieden-1883-Moddergat |title=Monument omgekomen zeelieden 1883, De Oere, Moddergat |website=Online Begraafplaatsen |access-date=31 March 2022 |language=nl}}

In 2004, NCRV television organized a competition for most beautiful place in the Netherlands. Moddergat came in second after Weerribben-Wieden National Park.