Weststellingwerf Explained

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.

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

Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.

Transportation

Railway Station: Wolvega

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Burgemeester G. van Klaveren . Burgemeester G. van Klaveren . nl . Gemeente Weststellingwerf . 5 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006171812/http://www.weststellingwerf.nl/sjablonen/1/infotype/webpage/view.asp?objectID=890 . 6 October 2013.
  2. Web site: Postcodetool for 8471KR . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 5 October 2013.
  3. Stuyvesant, Peter . 25 . x.