Baard is a village in the Dutch province of

Friesland Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...

. It is located in the municipality

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of ...

, about 10 km southwest of the city of

. Baard had a population of about 189 in January 2017.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1329 as Bawerth, and means ''

terp A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides ...

'' (artificial living mound) of Bavo (person). The first church was built around 1250. The current church dates from 1876. In 1840, it was home to 244 people. Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Baarderadeel municipality.

Gallery

File:Baard Friesland. De Hervormde Kerk.jpg, Protestant Church File:Baard Friesland. Dorpsgezicht..jpg, View on the village File:Baard Friesland.jpg, Street view File:De Baarder Kat.jpg, Cat statue

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Leeuwarden Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub