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Schingen Skingen
Village
Location in Menameradiel municipality
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Coordinates: 53°12′6″N 5°37′3″E / 53.20167°N 5.61750°E / 53.20167; 5.61750
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Waadhoeke
Area
• Total	1.83 km (0.71 sq mi)
Elevation	0.5 m (1.6 ft)
Population
• Total	95
• Density	52/km (130/sq mi)
Postal code	8816
Dialing code	0517

Skingen (Dutch: Schingen) is a small village in Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 115 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned around 1400 as Schengen, and is the name of a stream. Skingen developed at the beginning of our era on a natural height near the Middelzee. Archaeological artefacts have been discovered from the Roman period. Later the hill was extended into a terp (artificial living hill). A church had already been built in the 11th or 12th century when in 1877 work began on a new one. The church was restored in 2003.

Skingen was home to 109 people in 1840. Until 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality.

Born in Skingen

• Pieter Breuker [fy] (1945), Frisian writer

Gallery

• Interior of the church

References

1. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 8816HT". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
3. Feiten en cijfers - Menameradiel
4. "Schingen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
5. ^ "Information sign Skingen". plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
6. ^ "Skingen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 April 2022.

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