Wikidata:Property proposal/Kloekecode
Kloekecode
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Under discussion
| Description | identifier for locations in the Netherlands, Flanders, French Flanders, and north-western Germany |
|---|---|
| Represents | Kloekecode (Q138348544) |
| Issued by | Meertens Institute (Q487857) |
| Data type | String |
| Domain | populated place (Q123964505) |
| Example 1 | City of Brussels (Q239) → P065p |
| Example 2 | Dunkirk (Q45797) → H074p |
| Example 3 | Kesteren (Q1615562) → L012p |
| Example 4 | Nordhorn (Q4133) → G161p |
| Source | https://kloeke.meertens.knaw.nl/index.php |
| Planned use | Add to localities with a Kloekecode |
| Expected completeness | eventually complete (Q21873974) |
| Formatter URL | https://kloeke.meertens.knaw.nl/index.php?kloekenummer=$1 |
| Single-value constraint | yes |
| Distinct-values constraint | yes |
Motivation
[edit]Kloekecode (Q138348544) are unique identifiers assigned to several thousand towns, villages, and hamlets in the Netherlands, Flanders, French Flanders, and north-western Germany. The system was developed in the 1920s by the Dutch dialectologist Gesinus Gerhardus Kloeke (Q15622763) and remains in use, with ongoing expansion and maintenance by the Meertens Institute (Q487857).
The codes are widely used to construct linguistic maps and to visualise dialect variation geographically. A practical example of this application is the online dialect map interface developed by the Meertens Instituut, available at kaart.meertens.knaw.nl.
JhowieNitnek (talk) 23:57, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
Discussion
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Comment @JhowieNitnek: I have added a formatter URL and linked some of the examples, I hope this is ok? However, why do examples 3 and 4 have the same code number? Is this really an identifier? ArthurPSmith (talk) 20:03, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
- @ArthurPSmith: You’re absolutely right to flag that, and thank you for adding the formatter URL and linking the examples. That’s very helpful. The duplication is my mistake: Nordhorn should indeed be coded as “G161p”, so examples 3 and 4 should not share the same number. JhowieNitnek (talk) 22:47, 21 February 2026 (UTC)