Peazens
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| name = Peazens
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Sint-Antoniuskerk Paesens.jpg
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| image_caption = St Anthony's church
| image_flag = Paesens and Moddergat vlag.svg
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| image_map = Map NL Dongeradiel Paezens.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Dongeradeel 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 = Noardeast-Fryslân
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 3.63
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9136DD |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 1 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 1.3
| 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=1 April 2022|quote=two entries}}
| population_total = 230
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| area_code = 0519
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Peazens is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It has a population of around 242 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 is a restored windmill in the village, De Hond. Peazens is twinned with Moddergat, and they are often referred to as "Peazens-Moddergat".
History
The village was first mentioned in 1415 as pazene wal. The etymology is unclear.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/paesens |title=Paesens - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}} The village of Peazens was founded in the 11th on the new dike along the Wadden Sea. Moddergat was founded later from Peazens, and used to consist of two hamlets: De Kamp and De Oere.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0142.php |title=Paesens-Moddergat |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=1 April 2022}}
The Dutch Reformed church dates from around 1200. In 1792, the tower was demolished and the church was extended into the vacant area. Afterwards a new tower was constructed. The grist mill De Hond was built in 1861. By 1968, it had become a ruin, and was sold for ƒ1,- to De Hollandsche Molen Foundation. Between 1969 and 1971, it was restored and is occasionally in use.{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=119 |title=De Hond |website=Molendatabase |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}
In 1840, Peazens was home to 637 people. Peazens used to belong to the municipality of Oostdongeradeel and Moddergat to Westdongeradeel. In 1983, the municipalities merged.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/paesens-moddergat |title=Paesens-Moddergat |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The village's official name was changed from Paesens to Peazens 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}}
Gallery
File:Achterwei achter de dijk.JPG|Village view
File:Moddergat (NL) - panoramio (5).jpg|Village along the dike
File:20180919 LO13 Stormvogel Waddenzee.jpg|Wadden Sea with Peazens in the background
File:Moddergat (NL) - panoramio (8).jpg|Windmill De Hond
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