| De Tike | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 53.1519°N 6.0369°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Smallingerland |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.30 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 0.2 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 335 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 9219 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0512 |
De Tike is a small village in Smallingerland in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 311 in January 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1541 as Teeckeveen, and means "raised bog with ticks".[4] De Tike developed on a clay ridge during the peat excavation of the region in the 17th century.[5] After the peat was removed, the land turned into heath which was cultivated in the early 20th century. De Tike never had a church, however the village house was used for religious ceremonies as well.
De Tike was home to 277 people in 1840.[6] It used to be a hamlet under Opeinde. In 1953, it was elevated to village, and later physically separated from Opeinde by the construction of the N31 expressway.[5]