Editing Ameland (section)

== Places ==
The island has four villages, and one small part-village.

There were two other villages: [[Oerd]] and [[Sier, Ameland|Sier]], but these were flooded and now lie in the sea.{{when|date=August 2016}} The name of these villages live on in MS ''Oerd'' and MS ''Sier'', which are the names of the ferries to the island. From west to east:
* [[Hollum]], the most populated village, located on the west coast, home to the island's [[Bornrif|lighthouse]]
* [[Ballum]], smallest village, location of the island's airfield, [[Ameland Airport]]
* [[Nes, Ameland|Nes]], the second largest of the island, a vibrant tourist village with many hotels, also home to Burgemeester Waldaschool (the island's secondary school),<ref>{{cite web|title=Burgemeester Waldaschool|url=http://www.bws-ameland.nl/|publisher=BWS Ameland}}</ref> and [[ferry]] services from [[Holwert]] on the mainland
* [[Buren, Friesland|Buren]], located at the centre of the island, includes Ameland's beach