| Wirdum | |
| Native Name: | Wurdum |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 53.1497°N 5.8039°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: | 7.62 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 0.2 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1,135 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 9088 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 058 |
Wirdum (Western Frisian: Wurdum) is a village in Leeuwarden municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,060 in January 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in 1335 as Weerdum, and means "settlement on the terp".[4] Wirdum developed on the terp (artificial living mount) in the Middle Ages. It used to be only accessible by water until road connections in the middle of the 19th century.[5]
St-Martin's village church was a tufa building in the 12th century. In the 13th century the nave was enlarged and since then it has been a brick building. In the 14th century a tower was added on the south side. The nave was altered in Baroque style, the tower in the 19th century.[6]
In 1840, Wirdum was home to 665 people.[7] In 1891, a dairy factory opened in Wirdum and remained open until 1964.[5] In 2014, a treasure of 96 coins dating between 850 and 860 were discovered in the terp.[7]