Rijs
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Rijs is a small town within the municipality of 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 :...

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Rijs is situated on the road between Oudemirdum
Oudemirdum
Oudemirdum is a small village in Gaasterlân-Sleat in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1330 citizens .- History :...

 and Hemelum
Hemelum
- Convent :The first information about Hemelum is from 1180. Hemelum had a stins, some states and a convent. The nunnery of Benedictine Order was one of the first convents at Friesland. outside nuns lived at the convent also Beguines...

. It has approximately 200 citizens. Rijs is most known for its 300 year old planted forest which known as: Rijsterbos.

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