Alde Leie

Alde Leie (Dutch: Oude Leije[3]) is a village in the municipality of Leeuwarden, province of Friesland) in the Netherlands.

[4] A small part of the village lays within the municipality Waadhoeke.

The village was first mentioned in 1466 as "op ter Leya", and means old dug canal.

[5] Alde Leie developed as a dike village along the Middelzee.

[6] Before 2018, the village was part of the Leeuwarderadeel municipality.