Westhem
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| name = Westhem
| native_name = Westhim
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Westhem, Bartolomeuskerk.jpg
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| image_caption = St Bartholomew church
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| image_map = Map NL Wymbritseradiel Westhim.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 = 3.17
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 8616LA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 7 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = -1.0
| 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=7 April 2022}}
| population_total = 70
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| area_code = 0515
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Westhem ({{langx|fy|Westhim}}) is a village in the Súdwest-Fryslân municipality, in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 70 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 "Westhem, alias Hemdijck". The etymology is unclear.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/westhem |title=Westhem - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=nl}} Westhem is a little terp (artificial living hill) village which developed in the middle ages. The terp part is called Feyteburen, and the linear settlement along the dike is called De Kat. In 1633, the Atsebuurstermeer, a former lake, was poldered and a sluice was built near De Kat.{{cite web|url=https://www.frieslandwonderland.nl/friesland/plaats/westhem |title=Westhem |website=Friesland Wonderland |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Around 1450, there was battle between the Vetkopers and Schieringers in Westhem and the church was burned down. The current church was built in 1708. The tower dates from the 13th century and contains a bell from 1353.
Westhem was home to 122 people in 1840. In 1949, it was given the status of village.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/westhem |title=Westhem |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=7 April 2022 |language=nl}} Until 2011 it belonged to the former municipality of Wymbritseradiel.
Gallery
File:20180817 Bartholomeuskerk4 Feytebuorren Westhem.jpg|View on Westhem
File:20180817 kerkenpad1 tussen Feytebuorren en Abbega.jpg|The church path through the fields
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Category:Populated places in Friesland
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