Mantgum is a village in Leeuwarden municipality in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and had around 1,172 citizens in January 2017.

[3] The village was first mentioned in the 13th century Mantingum, and means "settlement of the people of Mante (person)".

[4] Mantgum is a terp (artificial living mound) village which originates from around 700.

A main road used to pass through the village and over the terp.

[5] During the 19th century, villas were built in the village by wealthy citizens of Leeuwarden to retire in.