Harlingen, Netherlands

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Country	Netherlands
Harlingen

Province	Friesland
Area (2006)
- Municipality	387.67 km² (149.7 sq mi)
- Land	25.18 km² (9.7 sq mi)
- Water	362.49 km² (140 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	15,450
- Density	614/km² (1,590.3/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Harlingen (pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the northern Netherlands, in the province of Friesland at the Wadden Sea. Harlingen is an old town with a long history of fishing and shipping.

The ferries to the Wadden islands of Vlieland and Terschelling depart from Harlingen.

The famous Dutch writer Simon Vestdijk was born in Harlingen and used to depict his hometown in his writings as Lahringen.

The town of Harlingen, Texas, in the United States is named after this city because many of the original settlers of the Texas town came from Harlingen.

The Frisian admiralty was established in Dokkum in 1597 but moved to Harlingen in 1645.

Harlingen (Frisian: Harns)
Midlum (Mullum)
Wijnaldum (Winaam)

Harlingen received city rights in 1234.

Official website (English)

*Friesland (Fryslân) Province*
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