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Balk (Netherlands)
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Balk is a town in the Dutch
province of Friesland
. It is the main village of the municipality Gaasterlân-Sleat
, and lies about 17 km southwest of the city of Sneek
.
Balk has about 3500 inhabitants.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
province of Friesland
Friesland
Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...
. It is the main village of the municipality Gaasterlân-Sleat
Gaasterlân-Sleat
Gaasterlân-Sleat is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. Its official name is in West Frisian. The name in Dutch is Gaasterland-Sloten .- Population centres :...
, and lies about 17 km southwest of the city of Sneek
Sneek
Sneek is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland . As for 2011 it is part of the municipality Súdwest Fryslân...
.
Balk has about 3500 inhabitants.