It is located to the south of Deinum and on the east side of Dronryp, of which it is a part administratively.

This canal forms the heart of the hamlet, which consists of scattered residences on the Puoldyk.

The area of De Puollen was described in Latin in 1450 as terra situata in da Polum.

[2] In the sixteenth century there was a real hamlet and it was mentioned as Puelen and Poelen.

Having been part of Menameradiel, the hamlet's official name is in West Frisian since 2010, as opposed to the Dutch variant.