Hommerts

Village in Friesland, Netherlands

Hommerts De Hommerts
Village
Hommerts Church
Coat of arms
Location in the former Wymbritseradiel municipality
52°58′44″N 5°38′53″E / 52.97889°N 5.64806°E / 52.97889; 5.64806
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Súdwest-Fryslân
Area ^[1]
• Total	14.68 km² (5.67 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	0.0 m (0.0 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	655
• Density	45/km² (120/sq mi)
Postal code	8622^[1]
Dialing code	0515

Hommerts (West Frisian: De Hommerts) is a small village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 650 in January 2017.^[3] It forms, together with Jutrijp, the double village De Hommerts-Jutryp.^[4]

History

The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Humerke, and means border land of probably Huga (person).^[5] Hommerts is a linear canal village. Between 1843 and 1844, the road Sneek-Lemmer was built, and the village extended towards to road.^[6]

The Dutch Reformed church was built in 1876,^[6] and replaces a 1741 church which in turn replaced a predecessor probably from the 12th century. The tower dates from 1985, because it was destroyed by a lightning strike.^[4]

Hommerts was home to 322 people in 1840.^[4] Before 2011, the village was part of the Wymbritseradiel municipality.

Gallery

Aqueduct near Hommerts

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 6 April 2022. two entries
^ "Postcodetool for 8622DA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017 - CBS Statline
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jutrijp-Hommerts". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ "Hommerts - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven (2000). "Hommerts" (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9476 4. Retrieved 6 April 2022.