Schettens
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| name = Schettens
| native_name = Skettens
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Kerk Schettens.jpg
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| image_caption = Schettens Church
| image_flag = Schettens vlag.svg
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| image_map = Map NL Wûnseradiel Skettens.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Wûnseradiel municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| 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|Súdwest-Fryslân}} Súdwest-Fryslân
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 3.86
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8744EN |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 6 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.2
| 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=6 April 2022|quote=two entries}}
| population_total = 265
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| utc_offset_DST = +2
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| area_code = 0517
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Schettens ({{langx|fy|Skettens}}) is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 285 in January 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=13314-13470&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017] - CBS Statline
History
The village was first mentioned in 855 as Sceddanuurthi. The etymology is unclear.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/schettens |title=Schettens - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=6 April 2022 |language=nl}} Schettens is an old terp (artificial living hill) village near the former Marneslenk. Most of the terp has been excavated from 1830 onwards, and a stone wall has been built to protect the church.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/friesland/plaats/schettens |title=Schettens |website=Friesland wonderland |access-date=6 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1865 as a replacement for the medieval church. The tower was demolished in 1816 or 1819 and temporarily replaced by a wooden tower. In 1877, a stone tower was built.
Schettens was home to 95 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/schettens |title=Schettens |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=6 April 2022 |language=nl}} There was a school named C.B.S. De Trijetine but it got closed in 2018. Before 2011, the village was part of the Wûnseradiel municipality.
Gallery
File:Protestanske tsjerke fan Skettens.jpg|Protestant church of Schettens
File:20190821 Wytmarsumerfeart Schettens.jpg|Canal view
File:20190821 landschap ten noorden van Schettens.jpg|Farm near Schettens
File:Huisje te Schettens.JPG|House in Schettens
References
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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