Ooststellingwerf

Ooststellingwerf
Municipality

Lock in canal through Appelscha

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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 (CDA)
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 (May 2014)[4]
  Total 25,696
  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 [ˈoːststɛlɪŋˌʋɛr(ə)f] 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

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, June 2015

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 12 March 2014.
  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. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.

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