# Bitgum

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Village in Friesland, Netherlands

Bitgum Village Bitgum Location in Menameradiel municipality Bitgum Location in the Netherlands Show map of Friesland Bitgum Bitgum (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands Country Netherlands Province Friesland Municipality Waadhoeke Area [1] • Total 2.52 km2 (0.97 sq mi) Elevation [2] 0.7 m (2.3 ft) Population (2021)[1] • Total 800 • Density 320/km2 (820/sq mi) Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) Postal code 9044[1] Dialing code 058

**Bitgum** ([Dutch](/source/Dutch_language): *Beetgum*) is a village in [Waadhoeke](/source/Waadhoeke) municipality in the province of [Friesland](/source/Friesland) in the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands). It had a population of around 792 in January 2017.[3]

## History

Before 2018, the village was part of the [Menameradiel](/source/Menameradiel) municipality. Bitgum gained notoriety in 1895, when three brothers from the village (Keimpe, Wybren and Marten Hogerhuis) were arrested for their alleged and disputed involvement in a burglary in the village of [Britsum](/source/Britsum). The involvement of the [Social Democrat Party](/source/Sociaal_Democratische_Arbeiders_Partij)'s leader, [Pieter Jelles Troelstra](/source/Pieter_Jelles_Troelstra) two years later, catapulted the village into the national headlines.[4]

## Aircraft crash

On June 9, 2016, a demonstration fighter jet crashed in the lake next to 'De bodde', the pilot saved himself by ejecting from the aircraft.

## Gallery

		- Church

		- Bitgum's "Hege Wier", remains of one of 5 [stins](/source/Stins), or medieval castles in Friesland

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-stat_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-stat_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-stat_1-2) ["Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021"](https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls). *Central Bureau of Statistics*. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-AHN_2-0)** ["Postcodetool for 9044LA"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181226040539/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A). *Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland* (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from [the original](http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool) on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Aantal inwoners per dorp](https://www.menameradiel.nl/over-de-gemeente/feiten-en-cijfers.html) - Menameradiel

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [De gevangenis in door klassenjustitie](https://www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/nl/artikel/42335/de-gevangenis-in-door-klassenjustitie.html) - Historisch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)

v t e Populated places in the municipality of Waadhoeke Towns Franeker Former municipalities: Franekeradeel het Bildt Menameradiel Villages Achlum Alde Leie (small part) Baaium Berltsum Bitgum Bitgummole Blessum Boer Boksum Deinum Dongjum Dronryp Firdgum Herbaijum Hitzum Ingelum Klooster-Lidlum Marsum Menaam Minnertsga Nij Altoenae Oosterbierum Oudebildtzijl Peins Pietersbierum Ried Schalsum Sexbierum Sint Annaparochie Sint Jacobiparochie Skingen Slappeterp Spannum Tzum Tzummarum Vrouwenparochie Westhoek Wier Winsum Wjelsryp Zweins Hamlets Arkens Barrum Bonkwert Doijum Dijkshoek Dyksterhuzen Fatum Franjumerbourren Hatsum 't Heechhout Holprijp De Kampen Kie Kiesterzijl Kingmatille Kleaster Anjum Koehool De Puollen De Vlaren List of cities, towns and villages in Friesland

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