Weststellingwerf

Weststellingwerf
Weststellingwarf (Stellingwerfs)
Municipality
Weststellingwerf town hall in Wolvega
Weststellingwerf town hall in Wolvega
Flag of Weststellingwerf
Flag
Coat of arms of Weststellingwerf
Coat of arms
Position of Weststellingwerf in a map of Friesland
Location in Friesland
Coordinates: 52°53′N 6°0′E / 52.883°N 6.000°E / 52.883; 6.000
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceFriesland
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorStieneke van der Graaf (CU, acting)
Area
 • Total
228.45 km2 (88.21 sq mi)
 • Land220.30 km2 (85.06 sq mi)
 • Water8.15 km2 (3.15 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (6.6 ft)
Population
 (January 2021)
 • Total
26,130
 • Density119/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
8388–8398, 8470–8489
Area code0527, 0561
Websitewww.weststellingwerf.nl

Weststellingwerf (Dutch: [ˈʋɛststɛlɪŋˌʋɛr(ə)f] ⓘ; Stellingwarfs: Weststellingwarf or Stellingwarf-Westaende) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It borders both Drenthe and Overijssel. 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

Administrative centre

Station Wolvega

Wolvega is the administrative centre of Weststellingwerf, where the town hall is situated.

Transport

Weststellingwerf is served by Wolvega railway station.

Notable people

Peter Stuyvesant, 1660

References

  1. ↑ "Burgemeester G. van Klaveren" [Burgemeester G. van Klaveren] (in Dutch). Gemeente Weststellingwerf. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Postcodetool for 8471KR". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Stuyvesant, Peter" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1911.