Boelenslaan
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Boelenslaan (Frisian: Boelensloane) is a small town in Achtkarspelen municipality in Friesland province in the northern Netherlands.
Boelenslaan has 1186 inhabitants and is named from its founder Mr. Boelens, after whom it was named. "Laan" - avenue; the road through the village used to be a sandy road and is still bearing the name Boelenslaan.
[edit] History
The village was founded in the 19th century. The houses used to belong to Surhuisterveen, on the "Feanster heide". Boelenslaan owed its foundation to peat-digging; the payment was poor and the citizens were known to be "red" - socialist. The poor people lived in "plaggenhutten", later in "wâldhûskes" which were small Dutch cottages.
The village is in the "Friese Wouden" in the Frisian forests.
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