Weststellingwerf

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Weststellingwerf
Municipality
Weststellingwerf city hall
Weststellingwerf city hall
Flag of Weststellingwerf
Flag
Coat of arms of Weststellingwerf
Coat of arms
Location in Friesland
Location in Friesland
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Country Netherlands
Province Friesland
Government[1]
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Gerard van Klaveren (VVD)
Area[2]
 • Total 228.45 km2 (88.21 sq mi)
 • Land 221.19 km2 (85.40 sq mi)
 • Water 7.26 km2 (2.80 sq mi)
Elevation[3] 2 m (7 ft)
Population (May 2014)[4]
 • Total 25,486
 • Density 115/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 8388–8398, 8470–8489
Area code 0527, 0561
Website www.weststellingwerf.nl

Weststellingwerf (Audio file "468 Weststellingwerf.ogg" not found, Stellingwarfs: Weststellingwarf / Stellingwarf-Westaende) 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

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.

Topography

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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Weststellingwerf, 2013.

Wolvega

Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.

Transportation

Railway Station: Wolvega

Peperga

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

References

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