Hidaard | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 53.0792°N 5.6033°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Súdwest-Fryslân |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2.43 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 0.5 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 125 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8737 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0515 |
Hidaard is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 130 in January 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Hedawere, and means "terp of Heda/Hidde (person)".[4] Hidaard is a small terp (artificial living hill) village on the eastern tip of the former Easterein peninsula. It is still located on a dead-end road.[5]
The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1873 and is a replacement of a medieval church.[5] According to a legend, the first church was founded in 1303. During the restoration, the grave of the last abbot of the Bloemkamp Abbey discovered in the church.[5]
Hidaard was home to 146 people in 1840.[6] Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Hennaarderadeel municipality.[6]