Doniaga Explained

Doniaga
Native Name:Dunegea
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Netherlands
Coordinates:52.9061°N 5.7472°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1: Friesland
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: De Fryske Marren
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:6.84
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:-0.2
Population As Of:2021
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:85
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:8516
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0513

Doniaga (Western Frisian: Dunegea) is a small village in De Fryske Marren municipality in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 100 citizens (2017).[3]

It is located west of the and named after the Donia family.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1448 as Doyenga.[4] In 1840, it was home to 104 people. It used to have a little village centre with a school, inn, church and library, but only the belfry remains. The church was demolished in the 19th century. The belfry dates from 1901.[5]

Before 2009, Doniaga was part of the Skarsterlân municipality and before 1984 it was part of Doniawerstal.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 8516DC . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 29 March 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 29 March 2022.
  3. http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=83765NED&D1=0-1,3-4,8,11,14,28,31-32,99-104&D2=5165-5286&HDR=T&STB=G1&VW=T Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017
  4. Web site: Doniaga - (geografische naam) . Etymologiebank . 29 March 2022 . nl.
  5. Web site: Doniaga . Plaatsengids . 29 March 2022 . nl.