| Raard | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 53.3261°N 5.9458°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Noardeast-Fryslân |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.28 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 0.4 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 215 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 9155 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0519 |
Raard is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 223 in January 2017.[3] Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.
The village was first mentioned in the late-9th century as Ruonwerde, and means terp or Runo.[4] Raard is a terp (artificial living mound) village with an oval shape dating from several centuries before Christ.[5]
The Dutch Reformed church dates from the 13th century and was restored in 1978.[5] The author Piet Paaltjens used to be a minister at the church. The Reformed church dates from 1918, and a replaces an 1893 church.[5]
In 1840, Raard was home to 133 people.[6] Most of the terp was excavated at the end of the 19th century.[5]