Tirns
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| name = Tirns
| native_name = Turns
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Overzicht van de noordgevel met dakruiter, kerkhof op de voorgrond - Tirns - 20399815 - RCE.jpg
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| image_caption = Tirns Church
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| image_map = Map NL Wymbritseradiel Turns.png
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| map_caption = Location in the former Wymbritseradiel municipality
| pushpin_map = Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
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| 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 = 4.78
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8632WE |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 6 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 0.3
| 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 = 185
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| area_code = 0515
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Tirns ({{langx|fy|Turns}}) is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 170 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 the 13th century as Terdenghe, and means "settlement of the people of Teerd".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/tirns |title=Tirns - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=6 April 2022 |language=nl}} Tirns is a little terp (artificial living hill) village near the former Middelzee. It was connected to Franeker via a canal.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/friesland/plaats/tirns |title=Tirns |website=Friesland wonderland |access-date=6 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The church was built in 1699 as a replacement of the medieval church. The cemetery was used both by the Protestant and Catholics. The monastery Thabor was located about one kilometre south of Tirns and was a priory of the Augustinians founded in 1406. The monks of the priory constructed several dikes in the area. The monastery was destroyed in 1572 by the Geuzen.
Tirns was home to 290 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/tirns |title=Tirns |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=6 April 2022 |language=nl}} Before 2011, the village was part of the Wymbritseradiel municipality.
Gallery
File:Libbensline.JPG |Art in Tirns
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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