[1] This number of citizens makes Damwâld the largest village in the municipality of Dantumadiel.

The move was a bit surprising considering the fact that Murmerwoude was the smallest of the three villages[2] and Dantumawoude which the municipality is named after had a bit of higher status with a history of noble stone house (stins) and the village of De Westereen having the biggest population.

In that village al lot of people where claiming that's the reason why the town hall should have moved to there.

The move meant that a lot of the services and shops in the three villages could have been in doubt without further steps been taken.

That and a practical reasons with the fact that the three villages even more blended together since the new housing constructions of the 1960s.

But also the name was already used historically as a short version of Dantumawoude, dating back from around 1700 and the 19th century.