Raard
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Johannes de Doperkerk in Raard.jpg
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| image_caption = Raard with St John the Baptist's church
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| image_map = Map NL Dongeradiel Raard.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Dongeradeel municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Noardeast-Fryslân
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| area_total_km2 = 3.28
| elevation_m = 0.4
| 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}}
| population_total = 215
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| area_code = 0519
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Raard is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 223 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.
History
The village was first mentioned in the late-9th century as Ruonwerde, and means terp or Runo.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/raard |title=Raard - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}} Raard is a terp (artificial living mound) village with an oval shape dating from several centuries before Christ.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0148.php |title=Raard |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 the 13th century and was restored in 1978. The author Piet Paaltjens used to be a minister at the church. The Reformed church dates from 1918, and a replaces an 1893 church.
In 1840, Raard was home to 133 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/raard |title=Raard |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=nl}} Most of the terp was excavated at the end of the 19th century.
Gallery
File:Raard - Martha kerk-001.JPG|Reformed church
File:20200612 Raarder Feart met zicht op Raard.jpg|Raardervaart with view on the village
File:Raard, pleats oan de Lineleane.jpg|Farm in Raard
File:Raard, Jehannes de Dopertsjerke (fanút it súdeasten).jpg|Dutch Reformed church
References
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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