Wierum is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands with a population of around 339 in January 2017.

[4] The village was first mentioned in 1335 as Weyrum, and probably means terp (artificial living mound).

[5] Wierum is a terp village which developed in the early middle ages.

The northern part of the terp was washed away by the Wadden Sea which gives the church an eccentric appearance.

[4] Wierum features in The Wheel On The School by Meindert de Jong, where it has been renamed Shora.