| De Veenhoop | |
| Native Name: | De Feanhoop |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 53.0969°N 5.9497°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: | 9.75 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | -1.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 260 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 9215 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0512 |
De Veenhoop (Western Frisian: De Feanhoop) is a village in Smallingerland municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 245 in January 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned between 1851 and 1855 as De Veenhoop, and means "place where peat is excavated".[4] De Veenhoop developed in the late 19th century at the intersection of the Polderhoofdkanaal and the Grietmansrak as a peat excavation village.[5]
The Petgatten de Feanhoop is a nature area on the edge of De Alde Feanen National Park. The area of lakes and swamp forest attracted a large variety of bird life, and is a protected area since 1996.[6] [5]