Vlieland
number of residents:
1100
main village:
Oost-Vlieland
total surface area:
319 square kilometers
surface area water:
278 square kilometers
surface area land:
41 square kilometers
important sources of income:
tourism, air force
maximum number of tourists per night:
7,000
unusual fauna:
hen harrier, eider duck, sand lizard
unusual flora:
knikkende distel, gevlekt zonneroosje
unusual landscapes:
Vliehors, dunes along Wadden Sea shore, Kroonspolders, Vuurboetsduin with shor lighthouse
Vlieland
Vlieland is the smallest inhabited Wadden Island in the Netherlands. It is the only island where the dunes border the Wadden Sea, without a polder in between. There is no farming anymore on Vlieland, but the residents still have a tradition for keeping goats. The Vliehors, the large sand plain on the western end, is used as a military training ground.
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