Waaksens should not be confused with Waaxens.
| Waaksens | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Friesland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Coordinates: | 53.1092°N 5.5381°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Súdwest-Fryslân |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.67 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 0.6 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 90 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 8845 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0517 |
Waaksens is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 83 in January 2017.[3]
The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Waxlinghe, and probably means "settlement of the people of Wachsa (person)".[4] Waaksens is a little terp (artificial living hill) village. The houses and farms are scatter around the church. It used be an isolated village, because it lacked both road and water connections.[5]
The church was probably built in the 13th century, but might be older.[5] The church was renovated in 1742, and the tower was replaced around 1880.
Waaksens was home to 58 people in 1840.[6] In 19th century a road was built through the polder which ended the isolation of the village.[5] Before 2018, the village was part of the Littenseradiel municipality and before 1984 it belonged to Hennaarderadeel municipality.[6]