Weststellingwerf
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Weststellingwerf
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| Weststellingwerf town hall in Wolvega Weststellingwerf town hall in Wolvega | |
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| Position of Weststellingwerf in a map of Friesland Location in Friesland | |
| Coordinates: 52°53′N 6°0′E / 52.883°N 6.000°ECoordinates: 52°53′N 6°0′E / 52.883°N 6.000°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Friesland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Stieneke van der Graaf (Template:Polparty) |
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| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
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| Population | |
| • Total | Template:Dutch municipality population |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 8388–8398, 8470–8489 |
| Area code | 0527, 0561 |
| Website | www |
Weststellingwerf (nl; Stellingwarfs: Weststellingwarf or Stellingwarf-Westaende) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It borders both Drenthe and Overijssel. 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 | edit source]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 | edit source]Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Weststellingwerf, 2013
Administrative centre
[edit | edit source]Wolvega is the administrative centre of Weststellingwerf, where the town hall is situated.
Transport
[edit | edit source]Weststellingwerf is served by Wolvega railway station.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672) last governor of New Amsterdam[5]
- Johan Eilerts de Haan (1865-1910) Dutch explorer and soldier
- Johan van Minnen (1932–2016) journalist and politician.
- Johan Veenstra (born 1946) an author, poet and columnist
- Sijtje van der Lende (born 1950) former speed skater, competed at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics
- Gerard van Klaveren (born 1951) politician, Mayor of Weststellingwerf 2005-2017
- Monique Knol (born 1964) former racing cyclist, won gold and bronze medals in two consecutive Summer Olympics
Gallery
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Kerk Boijl
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Molen Windlust in Noordwolde
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Keersluis in de Linde
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Noardwâlde, PKN-tsjerke
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Burgemeester G. van Klaveren" [Burgemeester G. van Klaveren] (in Dutch). Gemeente Weststellingwerf. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality total area
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 8471KR". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ↑ Template:Dutch municipality population
- ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica. 25 (11th ed.). 1911.
External links
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Media related to Weststellingwerf at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- News and events,Weststellingwerf (Dutch website)
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