Noardeast-Fryslân
Municipality in Friesland, Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Noardeast-Fryslân is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2019 and consists of the former municipalities of Dongeradeel, Ferwerderadiel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, all three of which dissolved on the same day.[1]
Noardeast-Fryslân | |
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Coordinates: 53°20′N 6°03′E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Friesland |
Established | 1 January 2019 |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Johannes Kramer (FNP) |
Area | |
• Total | 516.45 km2 (199.40 sq mi) |
• Land | 377.83 km2 (145.88 sq mi) |
• Water | 138.62 km2 (53.52 sq mi) |
Population (January 2019) | |
• Total | 45,181 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | Parts of 9000, 9100, 9200 and 9800 range |
Area code | 0511, 0518, 0519, 058, 0594 |
Website | noardeast-fryslan |
The municipality is located in the province of Friesland on the Wadden Sea coast, in the north of the Netherlands. Noardeast-Fryslân is bordered by the municipalities of Waadhoeke, Ameland, Schiermonnikoog, Leeuwarden, Dantumadiel and the province of Groningen. The population in January 2019 was 45,181.[2] It is Friesland's seventh-most populous municipality. The largest population centre (2018 population, 12,576) is Dokkum. The residents speak West Frisian, a Dutch Low Saxon dialect or Dutch.
Part of the municipality are the Engelsmanplaat sandbank and most of the Rif sandbank (which is shared with Schiermonnikoog for a small part).