Ferwerderadiel

Ferwerderadiel Ferwerderadeel
Municipality
Canal through Burdaard
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Friesland
Coordinates: 53°20′N 5°50′E / 53.333°N 5.833°E / 53.333; 5.833
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Merged	2019
Area [1]
• Total	133.18 km2 (51.42 sq mi)
• Land	97.71 km2 (37.73 sq mi)
• Water	35.47 km2 (13.70 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[3]
• Total	data missing
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	9070–9179
Area code	0518, 0519, 058
Website	www.ferwerderadiel.nl

Ferwerderadiel (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a former municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. Its official name is West Frisian, the Dutch name is Ferwerderadeel (pronounced [fɛrˈʋɛrdəraːˌdeːl] ^ⓘ). In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Dongeradeel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland to form the new municipality Noardeast-Fryslân.

Bartlehiem, Blije, Burdaard, Ferwert, Ginnum, Hallum, Hegebeintum, Jannum, Jislum, Lichtaard, Marrum, Reitsum, Wânswert, Westernijtsjerk.

'Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Ferwerderadiel, June 2015

• Saint Frederick of Hallum (ca. 1113 – 1175) a Premonstratensian priest
• Barthold Douma van Burmania (1695 in Hallum – 1766) a Dutch statesman and ambassador to the court of Vienna
• Pieter Boeles (1795 in Ferwerd – 1875) a Dutch Minister and linguist
• Gerardus Heymans (1857 in Ferwert – 1930) a Dutch philosopher, psychologist and academic
• Watse Cuperus (1891 in Blije – 1966) a Dutch journalist and writer in the West Frisian language
• Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma (1893 in Ferwert – 1968) a West Frisian language writer
• Maria Sterk (born 1979 in Hallum) a Dutch marathon speed skater

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  Birdaard, drawbridge and church
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  Ferwerd, Vrijhof and church
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  Marrum, church
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  Hallum, church

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• Official website

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