Pingjum
Pingjum is a village in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân in Friesland, in the northern Netherlands and lies southwest of Harlingen. It had a population of around 595 in January 2017.History
During the February flood of 1825, Frisian seawalls broke. Pingjum was spared thanks to a dike around the village known as the Pingjumer Golden Collar. In 1892 the province of Friesland decided to put an end to the Pingjumer Golden Collar coastal protection, although in several places the dike is still visible. This ring dyke was originally built in part to reclaim land from the Marne Estuary to the north of the village.
Before 2011, the village was part of the Wûnseradiel municipality.
