Ried | |
Native Name: | Rie |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 53.2225°N 5.5906°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Waadhoeke |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 3.17 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 0.7 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 445 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8811 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0517 |
Website: | Official |
Ried (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /rit/, Western Frisian: Rie) is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 435 in January 2014.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1275 as Rede, and refers to a stream.[4] Ried is a terp (artificial living hill) village which developed several centuries before Christ along the Riedstroom. The tower of Dutch Reformed collapsed and was rebuilt in 1625. The church dates from 1653 and was a replacement of a medieval church.[5]
Ried was home to 246 people in 1840.[6] Between 1858 and 1916, there was a brickworks in Ried. There was also a dairy factory between 1898 and 1935.[6] Until 2018, the village was part of the Franekeradeel municipality.[6]