Parrega ( fry, Parregea) is a village in the municipality
Súdwest-Fryslân
Southwest Friesland ( fy, Súdwest-Fryslân ) is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northern Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Friesland. It had a population of 84,092 in August 201 ...
in the 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 ...
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. It had a population of around 490 in January 2017.
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The village is divided by a canal and the only bridge, in the village centre, connects the two parts. Parrega has its own primary school. Most of the children of Parrega, Hieslum and Dedgum are educated at this school. There is also a Community Hall, including sports facilities, called the Gearhing.
History
Parrega was a fishing village, located east of the former Parregaaster Lake, which was reclaimed in 1879. Together with the nearby village of Hieslum it has a more-than-80-year-old Community Society and a 30-year-old village magazine (De Pinfisker).
Before 2011, the village was part of the Wûnseradiel
Wûnseradiel () is a former municipality in the Friesland province of the northern Netherlands, at the eastern end of the ''Afsluitdijk''. The official (legal) name of the municipality is in the West Frisian language, though it is known as Wonsera ...
municipality.
Gallery
File:Zicht op Parrega1.jpg, View of Parrega from the west
File:Voorgevel - Parrega - 20181599 - RCE.jpg, Pub in Parrega
File:Johannes de Doperkerk1 Parr.jpg, Church of Parrega
References
External links
Website of the Parrega school
Súdwest-Fryslân
Populated places in Friesland
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