Tzummarum

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Tzummarum (West Frisian: Tsjummearum) is a small village in the Waadhoeke municipality in Friesland, the Netherlands. It lies near the Wadden Sea and covers about 11.55 square kilometers, with a population of around 1,370 people in 2021. The village sits on a terp (an artificial hill) and began as a fishing village in the Middle Ages; it grew after a road to Minnertsga was built in 1861.

The Dutch Reformed church dates from the early 1500s and was rebuilt in 1876–77 with a new spire. Het Wapen van Barradeel, a neoclassical building from around 1860, served as the town hall until 1903. A railway station operated in Tzummarum from 1902 to 1936. In 1991, the Muntschat Tzummarum hoard was found here—about 2,800 silver coins dating from 814 to 877—which De Nederlandsche Bank now keeps as part of the National Numismatic Collection.

Until 2018, the village was part of Franekeradeel municipality (and before 1984, Barradeel).