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Saaksum

*Soaksum* (Gronings)
Saaksum Soaksum (Gronings)
Village
	Entrance to Saaksum
	Saaksum Location in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands Saaksum Saaksum (Netherlands)
	Coordinates: 53°19′N 6°25′E / 53.317°N 6.417°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Municipality	Westerkwartier
Elevation	1.7 m (5.6 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	90
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	9886
Area code	0594

Saaksum (Dutch: [ˈsaːksʏm]; Gronings: Soaksum) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. As of 2021, it had a population of 90.^[2] Until the municipal reorganization of 1990, it belonged to the former municipality of Oldehove.

Saaksum is a wierde village in good condition. It is a protected villagescape. The wierde is located on the edge of the village, on the main road from Aduard to Roodehaan [nl].

Church

The Reformed Church, which was rebuilt in 1849, is located on the wierde. Its predecessor was a church dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria according to a document from 1588. A memorial stone at the bottom of the tower reports that it was ghemake ('made') in 1550. The tower was restored in 1709. In 1845 it was decided to build a new church due to its dilapidation, but the tower remained standing. The new church was built in 1849. From the church, a short church path runs to the village, which is located entirely along a circular road.

Gallery

The church of Saaksum
Houses on the Noordstraat
Harbour of Saaksum to the Oldehoofsch canal [nl]

References

^ "Postcodetool for 9886PB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Statistics Netherlands. Retrieved 8 September 2023.