Weststellingwerf (Dutch: [ˈʋɛststɛlɪŋˌʋɛr(ə)f] ⓘ; 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

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

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Weststellingwerf, 2013.

Wolvega

Station Wolvega

Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.

Transportation

Railway Station: Wolvega

Notable people

Peter Stuyvesant, 1660

Gallery

  • 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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