Balk

village in De Fryske Marren, Netherlands
Organization cadastral_populated_place_in_the_netherlands Q2240991
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Balk

Summary

Balk is a cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[1]. Balk draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (cadastral_populated_place_in_the_netherlands category, ranking #32 of 315).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balk is located in De Fryske Marren[3].
  • Balk is located in Friesland[4].
  • Balk is in the country of Netherlands[5].
  • Balk's instance of is recorded as cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[6].
  • Balk's instance of is recorded as village[7].
  • Balk's postal code is recorded as 8561[8].
  • Balk's Commons category is recorded as Balk (Friesland)[9].
  • Balk's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 52.8983, 'longitude': 5.5783}[10].
  • Balk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balk (Friesland)[11].
  • Balk's office held by head of government is recorded as mayor of Balk[12].
  • Balk's list of monuments is recorded as Rijksmonumenten in Balk[13].
  • Balk's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Balk[14].

Why It Matters

Balk draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (cadastral_populated_place_in_the_netherlands category, ranking #32 of 315).[2] Balk has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Balk is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 52.8983, 'longitude': 5.5783}
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → cadastral populated place in the Netherlands, village, municipality of the Netherlands
    Country → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
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