Weststellingwerf

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Weststellingwerf

Location municipality Weststellingwerf

Country Netherlands
Province Friesland
Area 228.36 km²
- Land 222.15 km²
- Water 6.19 km²
Population (2005) 25,992
- Density 117/km²

Weststellingwerf (pronunciation (help·info)) 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 Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs is spoken here.

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[edit] Population centres

Blesdijke, Boijl, De Blesse, De Hoeve, Langelille, Munnekeburen, Nijeholtpade, Nijeholtwolde, Nijelamer, Nijetrijne, Noordwolde, Oldeholtpade, Oldeholtwolde, Oldelamer, Oldetrijne, Oosterstreek, Peperga, Scherpenzeel, Slijkenburg, Sonnega, Spanga, Steggerda, Ter Idzard, Vinkega, Wolvega, Zandhuizen.

[edit] Peperga

Peperga is the birth place of the last governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant.

[edit] De Hoeve

You can visit De Hoeve on the internet. The URL is: www.dorpdehoeve.nl

[edit] External links


 
Friesland (Fryslân) Province

Achtkarspelen | Ameland | Boarnsterhim | Bolsward | Dantumadeel | Dongeradeel | Ferwerderadiel | Franekeradeel | Gaasterlân-Sleat | Harlingen | Heerenveen | Het Bildt | Kollumerland c.a. | Leeuwarden | Leeuwarderadeel | Lemsterland | Littenseradiel | Menaldumadeel | Nijefurd | Ooststellingwerf | Opsterland | Schiermonnikoog | Skarsterlân | Smallingerland | Sneek | Terschelling | Tytsjerksteradiel | Vlieland | Weststellingwerf | Wûnseradiel | Wymbritseradiel

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