Oost-Vlieland

Village in Friesland, Netherlands

Oost-Vlieland

East-Flylân

Village

St Nicholas' Church

Location of the village on Vlieland island

Oost-Vlieland

Location in the Netherlands

Coordinates: 53°17′N 5°04′E﻿ / ﻿53.283°N 5.067°E﻿ / 53.283; 5.067
Country|  Netherlands
Province|  Friesland
Municipality|  Vlieland
Population

(1 January 2017)

• Total

| 1,020
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

8899

Dialing code| 0562

Oost-Vlieland (West Frisian: East-Flylân) is the only village on the island of Vlieland in the province Friesland of the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,020 in January 2017.[1] It is situated on the east end of the island as its name indicates:  Oost is "east" in Dutch.

## History

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Oost-Vlieland is first mentioned in the sources[which?] in 1245. First inhabited mainly by poor farmers and fishermen, the settlement became wealthier in the 17th century when the Vlie estuary was used as moorage by the expanding Dutch trade fleets. There used to be a second village on Vlieland, West-Vlieland, but this was destroyed by a flood in 1736.

* A view along the Dorpsstraat

* St. Nicolas church (Nicolaas Kerk)

* The Museum Tromp's Huys

* Horse paddocks outside of Oost-Vlieland

## References

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1. ^ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 \- CBS Statline

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