Boksum is a small village in Menaldumadeel in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 400 citizens (2004). It has a bakery, a community center and two church buildings. The oldest of the two churches, which was built between 1080 and 1120, is still used as a church belonging to the Dutch Reformers. The elementary school in Boksum teaches three language: Nederlands, Frisian and English.