Nijeholtpade | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 52.9125°N 6.0783°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Weststellingwerf |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 8.65 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 1.9 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 495 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8475 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0561 |
Nijeholtpade (Western Frisian: Nijeholtpea) is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 485 in 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1399 as Nyeholepat, and means "new low-lying path". Nije (new) has been added to distinguish from Oldeholtpade.[4] [5] The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1525, and has a bell tower. The church was a replacement of a wooden church.
Nijeholtpade was home to 150 people in 1840.[6]