Ooststellingwerf
Ooststellingwerf
Ooststellingwarf (Stellingwerfs) | |
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| Lock in canal through Appelscha Lock in canal through Appelscha | |
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Coat of arms of Ooststellingwerf Coat of arms | |
| Position of Ooststellingwerf in a map of Friesland Location in Friesland | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Friesland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Jack Werkman (VVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 226.11 km2 (87.30 sq mi) |
| • Land | 223.42 km2 (86.26 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 25,464 |
| • Density | 114/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 8420–8435 |
| Area code | 0516 |
| Website | www |
Ooststellingwerf (Dutch: [ˈoːststɛlɪŋˌʋɛr(ə)f] Audio file "459 Ooststellingwerf.ogg" not found; Stellingwarfs: Ooststellingwarf) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland where Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken rather than West Frisian.
Population centres
[edit | edit source]Hamlets
[edit | edit source]The hamlets within the municipality are: 't Hoogezand, Aekinga, Bekhof, Bentemaden, Boekhorst, Bovenveld, Bûterheideveld, Buttinga, Canada, De Bult, De Knolle, De Koelanden, De Monden (partially), De Riete, Deddingabuurt, Drie Tolhekken, Elleboog, Egypte, Frankrijk, Hoogeduurswoude, Janssenstichting, Jardinga, Konijnenbuurt, Koudenburg, Klazinga, Laagduurswoude, Medhuizen, Moskou (partially), Nanninga, Nieuwe Vaart, Oude Willem (partially), Petersburg (partially), Prandinga, Rolpaal, Schottelenburg, Schrappinga, Terwisscha, Tronde, Twijtel, Veneburen, Venekoten, Weper, Weperpolder, Willemstad, Zuid (partially) and Zuidhorn.
Topography
[edit | edit source]File:Gem-Ooststellingwerf-OpenTopo.jpg
Map of the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, September 2023
Notable people
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- Anne Vondeling (1916 in Appelscha – 1979) a Dutch politician
- Prof Dirk ter Haar FRSE FIP (1919 in Oosterwolde – 2002) an Anglo-Dutch physicist
- Piet Bergveld (born 1940 in Oosterwolde) a Dutch emeritus professor of biosensors, invented ISFET
Sport
[edit | edit source]- Joop Alberda (born 1952 in Oosterwolde) a retired volleyball coach
- Halbe Zijlstra (born 1969 in Oosterwolde) a retired Dutch politician
- Jan Kromkamp (born 1980 in Makkinga) a Dutch retired footballer with 316 club caps
- Sjoerd Hamburger (born 1983 in Oldeberkoop) a rower who competes in the single scull, competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
- Marrit Steenbergen (born 2000 in Ooststellingwerf) a Dutch competitive swimmer, gold medallist at the 2015 European Games
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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