Ooststellingwerf

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Ooststellingwerf
Municipality
Lock in canal through Appelscha

Flag
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Ooststellingwerf in a municipal map of Friesland
Location in Friesland
Coordinates: 53°0′N 6°18′E / 53.000°N 6.300°E / 53.000; 6.300Coordinates: 53°0′N 6°18′E / 53.000°N 6.300°E / 53.000; 6.300
Country Netherlands
Province Friesland
Government[1]
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Harry Oosterman (PvdA)
Area[2]
 • Total 226.11 km2 (87.30 sq mi)
 • Land 224.16 km2 (86.55 sq mi)
 • Water 1.95 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Elevation[3] 7 m (23 ft)
Population (November 2013)[4]
 • Total 25,677
 • Density 115/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 8420–8435
Area code 0516
Website www.ooststellingwerf.nl

Ooststellingwerf [ˈoː.stɛ.lɪŋ.ˌʋɛr(ə)f] ( listen) 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

Appelscha, Donkerbroek, Elsloo, Fochteloo, Haule, Haulerwijk, Langedijke, Makkinga, Nijeberkoop, Oldeberkoop, Oosterwolde, Ravenswoud and Waskemeer.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "College" [Executive board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Ooststellingwerf. Retrieved 22 September 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Postcodetool for 8431LE". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 22 September 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013. 

External links

 Opsterland
Noordenveld (DR)
Heerenveen
  Ooststellingwerf  
Weststellingwerf Westerveld (DR) Midden-Drenthe (DR)
   Municipalities of Friesland (Fryslân)
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