De Knipe
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Village
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The Skoatterlânske Kompanjonsfeart in De Knipe
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Location in the Heerenveen municipality
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  De Knipe Location in the Netherlands Show map of Friesland De Knipe De Knipe (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 52°58′7″N 5°58′16″E / 52.96861°N 5.97111°E / 52.96861; 5.97111 | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Province |  Friesland |
| Municipality |  Heerenveen |
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| • Total | 5.03 km2 (1.94 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0.6 m (2.0 ft) |
| Population
(2021)[1]
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| • Total | 1,415 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| Postal code |
8456[1]
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| Dialing code | 0513 |
De Knipe (archaic: Dutch: De Knijpe) is a village in the municipality (Dutch: Gemeente) Heerenveen in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,455 in January 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1622 as Nieubrongerga1. De Knipe means artificial narrowing of a stream, and refers to the sluice in the Schoterlandse Compagnonsvaart. There used to be two settlements: Boven-Knijpe which was also known as Nieuw Katlijk and Beneden Knijpe also Nieuw Brongerga. In 1970, both settlements were joint as De Knipe.[4] The Protestant Church dates from 1661 and is plastered white, and therefore informally called White Church. The Mennonite church dates from 1751. In 1840, Boven-Knijpe was home to 571 people and Beneden-Knijpe had a population of 643 people.[5]
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