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Wierum is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands with a population of around 339 in January 2017. Aantal inwoners per woonplaats in Dongeradeel op 1 januari 2017 - Dongeradeel Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality.
In 1840, Wierum was home to 698 people. On 1 December 1893, 17 of the 22 ships of Wierum were lost at sea during a storm. In 1968, A monument has been placed on the sea dike to commemorate the 32 dead. In the 20th century, fishery disappeared from the village.
There is a shipwreck about 100 metres off the coast. At low tide, one can walk to the wreck.
Wierum features in The Wheel On The School by Meindert de Jong, where it has been renamed Shora. Wierum was de Jong's birthplace. De Jong made his hometown Wierum a notably popular area because of his popular novel "The Wheel on the School."
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