Skingen
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| image_map = Map NL Menameradiel Skingen.png
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| subdivision_name1 = Friesland
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| subdivision_name2 = Waadhoeke
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| area_total_km2 = 1.83
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8816HT |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 3 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.5
| 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=3 April 2022}}
| population_total = 95
| population_density_km2 = auto
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Skingen ({{langx|nl|Schingen}}) is a small village in Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 115 in January 2017.[https://www.menameradiel.nl/over-de-gemeente/feiten-en-cijfers.html Feiten en cijfers] - Menameradiel
History
The village was first mentioned around 1400 as Schengen, and is the name of a stream.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/schingen2 |title=Schingen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} Skingen developed at the beginning of our era on a natural height near the Middelzee. Archaeological artefacts have been discovered from the Roman period. Later the hill was extended into a terp (artificial living hill).{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/files/fotos/_MG_3364.JPG |title=Information sign Skingen |website=plaatsengids |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} A church had already been built in the 11th or 12th century when in 1877 work began on a new one. The church was restored in 2003.
Skingen was home to 109 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/skingen |title=Skingen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} Until 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality.
Born in Skingen
- {{ill|Pieter Breuker|fy}} (1945), Frisian writer
Gallery
File:Skingen, Stevenstsjerke, oersjoch.jpg|Interior of the church
References
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{{Dutch municipality Waadhoeke}}
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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