Slappeterp | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
Coordinates: | 53.2128°N 5.6206°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: | 2.52 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 0.9 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 90 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9037 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0518 |
Slappeterp is a small village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 85 in January 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century Clepesdor. The etymology is unclear.[4] Slappeterp is a terp (artificial living hill) village from the beginning of our era. It is an agricultural community. The village is connected to the via a canal.[5]
The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1926 as a replacement of an earlier church. The church was designed by and has expressionistic details.[5]
Slappeterp was home to 113 people in 1840.[6] Until 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality.[6]