Grou

Grou
Village

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Country Netherlands Netherlands
Province Friesland Friesland
Population
  Total c. 5,700

Grou (Dutch: Grouw) is a town in the province Fryslân of the Netherlands and has around 5737 citizens (2007).

The town is located on the Pikmeer lake and the Prinses Margrietkanaal. Heineken operated a distribution centre for Fryslân in Grou for 25 years until 2004.[1]

It used to be the capital of municipality of Idaarderadeel before the reorganization of municipalities in 1984. Grou celebrates Sint Piter as a holiday on February 21, which differs from most of the Netherlands.

A nickname for the town is Tsiisferdûnsers, meaning cheese dancers, from a story where a fiddler was paid with cheese at a village dance.

Transport

A32 underpass of the Prinses Margriet Kanaal

The town is located at an exit on the A32. There is a ferry across the canal called Veerpont de Burd that connects the de Burd island. The Grou-Jirnsum railway station is on the Staatslijn A (Arnhem - Leeuwarden) line.

Population

map of Grou
1954 1959 1964 1969 1973 1990 1999
3453 3522 3880 4129 4600 5316 5472
2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
5731 5916 5875 5769 5737 5673 5634
2011
5623

Notable births

Sport

Grou harbour

An artificial ice rink (Glice) invented by Eric Sinnema was opened for public use in 2007.[2]

New quai 1850

Notable buildings

References

External links

Coordinates: 53°06′N 5°50′E / 53.10°N 5.83°E / 53.10; 5.83

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