Ferwerderadiel

Ferwerderadiel

Ferwerderadeel
Ferwerderadiel Ferwerderadeel
Municipality
	Canal through Burdaard
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Friesland
	Coordinates: 53°20′N 5°50′E / 53.333°N 5.833°ECoordinates: 53°20′N 5°50′E / 53.333°N 5.833°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Merged	2019
Area
• Total	133.18 km2 (51.42 sq mi)
• Land	97.71 km2 (37.73 sq mi)
• Water	35.47 km2 (13.70 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	9070–9179
Area code	0518, 0519, 058
Website	www.ferwerderadiel.nl

Ferwerderadiel (pronunciation) is a former municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. Its official name is West Frisian, the Dutch name is Ferwerderadeel (pronounced [fɛrˈʋɛrdəraːˌdeːl] (listen)). In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Dongeradeel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland to form the new municipality Noardeast-Fryslân.

Population centres[edit]

'Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Ferwerderadiel, June 2015

St. Fredk. van Hallum

Saint Frederick of Hallum (ca. 1113 – 1175) a Premonstratensian priest
Barthold Douma van Burmania (1695 in Hallum – 1766) a Dutch statesman and ambassador to the court of Vienna
Pieter Boeles (1795 in Ferwerd – 1875) a Dutch Minister and linguist
Gerardus Heymans (1857 in Ferwert – 1930) a Dutch philosopher, psychologist and academic
Watse Cuperus (1891 in Blije – 1966) a Dutch journalist and writer in the West Frisian language
Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma (1893 in Ferwert – 1968) a West Frisian language writer
Maria Sterk (born 1979 in Hallum) a Dutch marathon speed skater

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 9172PJ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

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Ferwerderadiel Ferwerderadeel
Municipality
Canal through Burdaard
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Friesland
Coordinates: 53°20′N 5°50′E / 53.333°N 5.833°E / 53.333; 5.833Coordinates: 53°20′N 5°50′E / 53.333°N 5.833°E / 53.333; 5.833
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Merged	2019
Area ^[1]
• Total	133.18 km² (51.42 sq mi)
• Land	97.71 km² (37.73 sq mi)
• Water	35.47 km² (13.70 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	1 m (3 ft)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	9070–9179
Area code	0518, 0519, 058
Website	www.ferwerderadiel.nl