Leek, Netherlands
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leek-netherlands-170-16087545
title:
Leek, Netherlands
text:
Leek is a village and former municipality in Groningen province in the northeastern Netherlands. The municipality, which bordered the Drenthe and Friesland provinces, was merged into the municipality of Westerkwartier on 1 January 2019. The village of Leek is approximately 20 km west of Groningen (city) on the A7 (E22) highway. The village grew around a fortification that was constructed during the Eighty Years' War with Spain. The name 'Leek' was derived from a brook, the "Leke". The town is so
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Town and former municipality in Groningen, Netherlands
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leek,_Netherlands
date created:
2002-10-21T00:30:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T05:02:46Z
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