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Weststellingwerf

Coordinates: 52°53′N 6°0′E / 52.883°N 6.000°E / 52.883; 6.000
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Weststellingwerf
Municipality
Weststellingwerf city hall
Weststellingwerf city hall
Flag of Weststellingwerf
Flag
Coat of arms of Weststellingwerf
Coat of arms
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; 6.000
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceFriesland
Government
[1]
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorAndré van de Nadort (PvdA)
Area
[2]
 • Total228.45 km2 (88.21 sq mi)
 • Land220.30 km2 (85.06 sq mi)
 • Water8.15 km2 (3.15 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (January 2021)[4]
 • Total26,130
 • Density119/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
8388–8398, 8470–8489
Area code0527, 0561
Websitewww.weststellingwerf.nl

Weststellingwerf (pronunciationⓘ, Stellingwarfs: Weststellingwarf / 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

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Weststellingwerf, 2013.


Wolvega

Station Wolvega

Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf. and it is the head-dorp frowm weststellingwerff

Transportation

Railway Station: Wolvega

Notable people

Peter Stuyvesant, 1660
  • Kerk Boijl
    Kerk Boijl
  • Molen Windlust in Noordwolde
    Molen Windlust in Noordwolde
  • Keersluis in de Linde
    Keersluis in de Linde
  • Noardwâlde, PKN-tsjerke
    Noardwâlde, PKN-tsjerke

References

  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 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Stuyvesant, Peter" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1911.
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