Sumar, Netherlands
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| native_name = Suameer
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| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Friesland}} Friesland
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| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Tytsjerksteradiel}} Tytsjerksteradiel
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| area_total_km2 = 11.69
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 9262MA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 5 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 1.2
| 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=5 April 2022}}
| population_total = 1,355
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Sumar ({{langx|nl|Suameer}}) is a village in the municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel, in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It lies south of Burgum, on the {{ill|Provincial road N356 (Netherlands)|nl|Provinciale weg 356|lt=N356}}, and had a population of approximately 1,382 in January 2017.[https://www.tytsjerksteradiel.nl/document.php?m=58&fileid=64579&f=3c991bf8c153f6fef4c593a358f467c9&attachment=0 Overzicht inwonersaantal Tytsjerksteradiel] - Tytsjerksteradiel
History
The village was first mentioned in 1453 as suwamer, and means "southern lake". Su (south) was added to distinguish between Eastermar and {{ill|Noordermeer, Friesland|nl|Noordermeer (Friesland)|lt=Noordermeer}}.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/sumar |title=Sumar - (geografische naam)|website=Etymologiebank |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}} Sumar developed in the late middle ages as a collection of spread out farms around the church.{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu06_01/sten009monu06_01_0170.php |title=Sumar |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9476 4 |language=nl |access-date=5 April 2022}} The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1769 as a replacement of an earlier church.
Sumar was home to 457 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/sumar |title=Sumar |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}} Around 1900, the heath in the area was cultivated.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/plaats/sumar |title=Sumar |website=Friesland Wonderland |access-date=5 April 2022 |language=nl}} The dairy factory De Harste was built 1908 and is a combination of rational and Jugendstil architecture. The north of the village near the {{ill|Prinses Margrietkanaal|nl}} started to industrialize.
The school teacher Kornelis Lieuwes de Vries developed the Bintje potato in 1898 which became one of the most popular potato varieties. The potato was named after the 17-year old Bintje Jansma, one of his students, in 1905.
Gallery
File:Heerenweg 44.jpg|House in Sumar
File:Huisje aan de Joute van der Meer weg.jpg|House on the heath
File:Voormalig melkfabriek en directeurs woning aan de Heerenweg in Sumar.jpg|Former dairy factory
File:20210702 molen de Hoop2 Sumar.jpg|Windmill De Hoop
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