Spannum
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| name = Spannum
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Spannum, kerk foto4 2011-04-26 13.20.JPG
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| image_caption = Spannum church
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| image_map = Map NL Littenseradiel Spannum.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Littenseradiel municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Friesland
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Waadhoeke
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 3.33
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8843KA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 3 April 2022 }}
| 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=3 April 2022}}
| population_total = 255
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| area_code = 0517
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Spannum ({{IPA|nl|ˈspɑnʏm}}) is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 282 in January 2017.[http://www.littenseradiel.nl/internet/over-littenseradiel_41217/item/aantal-inwoners-per-dorp_14845.html Aantal inwoners per dorp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421112253/http://www.littenseradiel.nl/internet/over-littenseradiel_41217/item/aantal-inwoners-per-dorp_14845.html |date=2017-04-21 }} - Littenseradiel
History
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Spannum. The etymology is unclear.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/spannum |title=Spannum - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} In 1332, an outpost of the monastery Lidlum of Oosterbierum was located in the Spannum.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/friesland/plaats/spannum |title=Spannum |website=Friesland Wonderland |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} The Dutch Reformed church was restored in 1743 and enlarged in the late-19th century.
Spannum was home to 177 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/spannum |title=Spannum |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=3 April 2022 |language=nl}} It used to be an isolated village. In 1875, the road to Wommels opened. In 1876, a boarding school for girls opened in Spannum which an emphasis on learning French. The older girls were only allowed to speak French. The school closed in 1905.
Until 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and until 1984 it belonged to Hennaarderadeel municipality.
Gallery
File:Tussen Kûbaard en Spannum, panorama foto1 2011-04-26 12.53.JPG|Landscape around Spannum
File:Voorgevel en rechter zijgevel voormalig internaat - Spannum - 20345766 - RCE.jpg|Former boarding school
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External links
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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