Oost-Vlieland ( fry, East-Flylân) is the only village on the island of

Vlieland Vlieland (; fry, Flylân) is a municipality and island in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland is the second most sparsely populated municipality in the Netherlands, after Schiermonnikoog. Vlieland is one of the West Frisia ...

in the province

Friesland Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...

of the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. It had a population of around 1,020 in January 2017.Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2017
- CBS Statline It is situated on the east end of the island as its name indicates: '' Oost'' is "east" in

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

History

Oost-Vlieland is first mentioned in the sources in 1245. First inhabited mainly by poor farmers and fishermen, the settlement became wealthier in the 17th century when the

Vlie The Vlie or Vliestroom is the seaway between the Dutch islands of Vlieland, to its southwest, and Terschelling, to its northeast. The Vlie was the estuary of the river IJssel in medieval times. In 1666 the English Admiral Robert Holmes burnt a ...

estuary was used as moorage by the expanding Dutch trade fleets. There used to be a second village on Vlieland,

West-Vlieland West-Vlieland (also known as Westeyende) ( fry, West-Flylân) was a village on the island of Vlieland in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It was gradually lost to the advance of the sea, by 1736 only two houses remained. The site of th ...

, but this was destroyed by a flood in 1736. File:The Dorpsstraat in Oost-Vlieland.jpg, A view along the Dorpsstraat File:Sint-Nicolaaskerk Vlieland gezien vanaf het kerkhof.jpg, St. Nicolas church (''Nicolaas Kerk'') File:Vlieland Tromphuis.jpg, The Museum Tromp's Huys File:Horse paddocks in Oost-Vlieland.jpg, Horse paddocks outside of Oost-Vlieland

References

Populated places in Friesland {{Friesland-geo-stub