Weststellingwerf | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Position of Weststellingwerf in a map of Friesland |
Coordinates: | 52.8833°N 6°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Friesland |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Governing Body: | Municipal council |
Leader Party: | PvdA |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | André van de Nadort |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 2 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 8388–8398, 8470–8489 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0527, 0561 |
Weststellingwerf (in Dutch; Flemish 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.
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)
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Weststellingwerf, 2013.
Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.
Railway Station: Wolvega