Ferwerderadiel Explained

Ferwerderadiel
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Ferwerderadiel in a municipal map of Friesland
Coordinates:53.3333°N 55°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Friesland
Extinct Title:Merged
Extinct Date:2019
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:1
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:9070–9179
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0518, 0519, 058

Ferwerderadiel is a former municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. Its official name is West Frisian, the Dutch name is Ferwerderadeel (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /fɛrˈʋɛrdəraːˌdeːl/). In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Dongeradeel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland to form the new municipality Noardeast-Fryslân.

Population centres

Bartlehiem, Blije, Burdaard, Ferwert, Ginnum, Hallum, Hegebeintum, Jannum, Jislum, Lichtaard, Marrum, Reitsum, Wânswert, Westernijtsjerk.

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Ferwerderadiel, June 2015

Notable people

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 9172PJ . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 8 September 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool . 21 September 2013 .