Reahûs

Roodhuis Reahûs
Village
Reahûs with St Martin's church
Coat of arms
Location in the former Littenseradiel municipality
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Coordinates: 53°4′35″N 5°38′12″E / 53.07639°N 5.63667°E / 53.07639; 5.63667
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Súdwest-Fryslân
Area [1]
• Total	4.44 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	185
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Postal code	8736[1]
Dialing code	0515

Reahûs (Dutch: Roodhuis) is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 170 in January 2017.^[3]

The village was first mentioned in 1861 as Roodhuis, and means "red house" which refers to a farm from 1639 with a red tiled roof.^[4] The farm used to contain a clandestine church for the Catholics.^[5]

In 1892, the Catholic St Martin Church was built in Gothic Revival style. The church contains a 15th century statue of St Martin on a horse which was originally located in Easterein and hidden during the Reformation.^[5]

Reahûs was home to 28 people in 1840.^[6] Reahûs was awarded village status in 1955. Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Hennaarderadeel municipality.^[6]

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