Goëngahuizen () is a

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Smallingerland Smallingerland (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Population centres Boornbergum, De Tike, De Veenhoop, De Wilgen, Drachten (main town), Drachtstercompagnie, Goëngahuizen, ...

in the province of

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, the

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. It had a population of around 58 in January 2017. The village was first mentioned in 1573 as Gonyehuisen, and means "settlement of the Goinga family". Goëngahuizen is an isolated farmers community. Some

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excavation had taken place in the south of Goëngahuizen. It has its own place name signs.

Windmills

There are three

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s in Goëngahuizen, ''De Jansmolen'', ''De Modderige Bol'' and ''Heechheim''.

Gallery

Image:De Jansmolen Goengahuizen 05.JPG, ''De Jansmolen'' Image:De Modderige Bol Goengahuizen 04.JPG, ''De Modderige Bol'' Image:Molen Heechhiem 01.JPG, ''Heechheim''

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