Het Bildt
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| Country | Netherlands |
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| Province | Friesland |
| Area (2006) | |
| - Municipality | 116.51 km² (45 sq mi) |
| - Land | 92.28 km² (35.6 sq mi) |
| - Water | 24.22 km² (9.4 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| - Municipality | 10,963 |
| - Density | 119/km² (308.2/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Het Bildt (pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands; its capital is Sint Annaparochie. As of 1 November 2006 it had a population of 10,975. Het Bildt 15.4 km. of coastline. Its soil is very fertile and agriculture is a major part of its economy; crops grown include onions and potatoes.
Het Bildt was largely settled by Dutch from South Holland; as a result, the language generally spoken there is "Bildts", a dialect that mixes Dutch (as spoken in South Holland) with Frisian. Only in Minnertsga (which did not become a part of the municipality of Het Bildt until 1984) is Frisian the predominant tongue. Signage in Het Bildt is generally bilingual, with names given in both Dutch and Bildts.
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Number of inhabitants as of 1 January 2004:
| Dutch name | Bildts name | Frisian name | Population |
| Sint Annaparochie | Sint-Anne | n.a. | 3990 |
| Minnertsga | n.a. | Minnertsgea | 1640 |
| Sint Jacobiparochie | Sint-Jabik | n.a. | 1370 |
| Oudebildtzijl | Ouwe-Syl | n.a. | 740 |
| Vrouwenparochie | Froubuurt | Froubuorren | 620 |
| Nij Altoenae | Nij Altoenae | n.a. | 280 |
| Westhoek | De Westhoek | n.a. | ? |
Source: CBS
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