Burdaard
Birdaard | |
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Village | |
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 Location in the former Ferwerderadiel municipality | |
  Burdaard Location in the Netherlands  Burdaard Burdaard (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 53°17′37″N 5°52′43″E / 53.29361°N 5.87861°E | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Province |  Friesland |
| Municipality | Noardeast-Fryslân |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 1,173 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 9111 |
| Telephone area | 0519 |
| Website | Official |
Burdaard is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,173 in January 2017.[1] Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality.
It is situated south of Jislum, southeast of Wânswert, and northwest of Aldtsjerk. The Dokkumer Ee canal, connecting Dokkum and Leeuwarden, runs straight through the village centre.
Annually, more than ten thousand ships and boats pass through Burdaard. The village is one of the few settlements which is visited twice by ice skaters in the Elfstedentocht.[2][3]
- ^ Aantal inwoners per woonplaats in Ferwerderadiel op 1 januari 2017 Archived 2017-10-21 at the Wayback Machine - Ferwerderadiel
- ^ "Toerisme". Burdaard.nl. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Tagliabue, John (27 February 2007). "Dutch skaters wait, yet again, for ice; Warm weather puts historic 200-kilometer race in jeopardy". International Herald Tribune.