Leons, Friesland
village in Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Leons (Dutch: Lions) is a small village in Leeuwarden municipality in the Dutch province of Friesland. Situated in pastoral farming country, the village had 26 inhabitants in January 2017.
History
The settlement was first mentioned in the 13th century as Leonghem, and means "settlement of the people of Lieuwe (a person)". The Dutch Reformed church dates from the 14th century. The tower was constructed in the 19th century. In 1840, Leons was home to 38 people.
Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to the Baarderadeel municipality.
“Leons, Friesland” enters the record as village in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Leons, Friesland and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2327024. Authority coordinates are 53.151, 5.678. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017, 1840, 2018 and 1984.
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