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Doniaga Dunegea
Village
Bell tower of Doniaga
Location in De Friese Meren municipality
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Coordinates: 52°54′22″N 5°44′50″E / 52.90611°N 5.74722°E / 52.90611; 5.74722
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	De Fryske Marren
Area
• Total	6.84 km (2.64 sq mi)
Elevation	−0.2 m (−0.7 ft)
Population
• Total	85
• Density	12/km (32/sq mi)
Postal code	8516
Dialing code	0513

Doniaga (West Frisian: Dunegea) is a small village in De Fryske Marren municipality in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 100 citizens (2017).

It is located west of the Tjeukemeer [nl] and named after the Donia family.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1448 as Doyenga. In 1840, it was home to 104 people. It used to have a little village centre with a school, inn, church and library, but only the belfry remains. The church was demolished in the 19th century. The belfry dates from 1901.

Before 2009, Doniaga was part of the Skarsterlân municipality and before 1984 it was part of Doniawerstal.

Gallery

• Farm in Doniaga
• Farm in Doniaga
• American wind mill (1955)

References

1. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 8516DC". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
3. Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 - CBS
4. ^ "Doniaga - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 March 2022.
5. ^ "Doniaga". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 March 2022.

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Doniaga at Wikimedia Commons

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