Leons | |
Native Name: | Lions |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 53.1511°N 5.6781°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Leeuwarden |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1.92 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 0.8 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 25 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8833 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0517 |
Leons (Dutch; Flemish: Lions) is a small village in Leeuwarden municipality in the Dutch province of Friesland. Situated in pastoral farming country, the village had around 26 inhabitants in January 2017.[3]
The settlement was first mentioned in the 13th century as Leonghem, and means "settlement of the people of Lieuwe (person)".[4] The Dutch Reformed church dates from the 14th century. The tower was constructed in the 19th century. In 1840, Leons was home to 38 people.[5]
Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Baarderadeel municipality.[5]