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Leek

former municipality in the province of Groningen, the Netherlands
Organization Municipality Of The Netherlands Q835096

Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of the Netherlands
Official website
www.leek.nl[16]

Location

Country
Netherlands[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 53.150°, 6.383°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Groningen[2]
Postal code
9350–9359, 9810–9819, 9827–9829[11][12][13]
More facts +15
Archives at
Gemeentearchief Leek[15]
Area
+64.28
Coat of arms
coat of arms of Leek[10]
Contains settlement
Blauw, Diepswal, Oostindië, Veldstreek, Zandwijk, Oostwold, De Holm, Heineburen, Breemen, Zevenhuizen, Boerenstreek, Dwarshaspel, Kokswijk, Enumatil, Pasop, Midwolde, Tolbert, Lettelbert, Leek, Westerdijk, De Poffert, 't Kret, De Haspel, Bakkerom[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
Demonym
Leker, Leekster
Elevation above sea level
+2
Flag
flag of Leek[9]
List of monuments
Rijksmonumenten in Leek, Groningen, Gemeentelijke monumenten in Westerkwartier, Lijst van oorlogsmonumenten in Leek
Local dialing code
0594[14]
Located in or next to body of water
Leekster Hoofddiep[4]
Named after
Lek[8]
Number of households
8.0k (7.8k–8.3k, n=6)
Office held by the head of government
mayor of Leek[31]
Population
3.2k (3.2k–20k, n=22)[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Shares border with
Zuidhorn, Opsterland, Marum[5][6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Leek ar ليك fa لیک ja レーク nl Leek (gemeente) nl de Leek nl Leek (voormalige gemeente) pl Leek (Holandia) ru Лек zh 雷克
🔖 Identifiers · 16
VIAF cluster ID
247229432
GND ID
4127845-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Borg Nienoord.jpg ↗
Amsterdam code
10604
CBS municipality code
0022
FactGrid item ID
Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Freebase ID
/m/0v67y
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2148456
GeoNames ID
2751833
INaturalist place ID
17175
ISIL
NL-LekGL
MusicBrainz area ID
b02501b9-2f43-4685-8790-2dd17157caf3
Show all 16 identifiers +4
Topic's main category
Category:Leek, Groningen
WOEID
731167
Who's on First ID
101837999
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJymth3gGDkMdm89wGXWXd

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🔗 Connections
Contains settlement 7
Oostwold, Zevenhuizen, Lettelbert, Midwolde, Tolbert, Enumatil, Leek
Contained subdivisions 6
Oostwold, Zevenhuizen, Lettelbert, Midwolde, Tolbert, Enumatil
Shares border with 3
Opsterland, Marum, Zuidhorn
People born here 2
Jacqueline Poelman, Laura de Witte
← Shares border with 2
Opsterland, Marum
Country 1
Netherlands
Instance of 1
municipality of the Netherlands
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Groningen
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
Topic's main category 1
Category:Leek, Groningen
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Leek, Groningen
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Groningen
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Summary

Leek is a municipality of the Netherlands[1].

Related Entities

Netherlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46950: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 26w ago · Grimes2 · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Zuidhorn, Opsterland, Marum
    Official website → http://www.leek.nl/
    Population → 19,530, 19,643, 19,669 +19
    Area → 64.28 square kilometre
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: ISIL: NL-LekGL, Matched to Gemeente Leek (#287727303) in ISIL JP/NL #mix'"
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