Weststellingwerf

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Weststellingwerf
Weststellingwarf  (Stellingwerfs)
Weststellingwerf city hall
Weststellingwerf city hall
Flag of Weststellingwerf
Coat of arms of Weststellingwerf
Position of Weststellingwerf in a map of Friesland
Location in Friesland
Coordinates: 52°53′N 6°0′E / 52.883°N 6.000°E / 52.883; 6.000Coordinates: 52°53′N 6°0′E / 52.883°N 6.000°E / 52.883; 6.000
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceFriesland
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorAndré van de Nadort (PvdA)
Area
 • Total228.45 km2 (88.21 sq mi)
 • Land220.30 km2 (85.06 sq mi)
 • Water8.15 km2 (3.15 sq mi)
Elevation2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (January 2019)[4]
 • Total25,840
 • Density117/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
8388–8398, 8470–8489
Area code0527, 0561
Websitewww.weststellingwerf.nl

Weststellingwerf (Dutch: [ˈʋɛststɛlɪŋˌʋɛr(ə)f] (audio speaker iconlisten); Stellingwarfs: Weststellingwarf or Stellingwarf-Westaende) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland, where the spoken language is not West Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken here.

Population centres[edit]

A small part of the village Willemsoord lays within Weststellingwerf and Noordwolde-Zuid is also mainly named as a village, but stated by municipality as a hamlet.

The other hamlets are: Boekelte, Gracht, Munnekezeel, Overburen, Rijsberkampen, Rode Dorp, Schoterzijl (partially) and Zuid (partially)

Topography[edit]

2013-Weststellingwerf.jpg

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Weststellingwerf, 2013.

Wolvega[edit]

Station Wolvega

Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.

Transportation[edit]

Railway Station: Wolvega

Notable people[edit]

Peter Stuyvesant, 1660

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Burgemeester G. van Klaveren" [Burgemeester G. van Klaveren] (in Dutch). Gemeente Weststellingwerf. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Postcodetool for 8471KR". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Stuyvesant, Peter" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 (11th ed.). 1911.

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