Ferwerderadiel

Municipality in Friesland, Netherlands

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.

## Population centres[edit]

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

### Topography[edit]

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

## Notable people[edit]

St. Fredk. van Hallum

* 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

## Gallery[edit]

* Birdaard, drawbridge and church

* Ferwerd, Vrijhof and church

* Marrum, church

* Hallum, church

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
2. ^ "Postcodetool for 9172PJ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
3. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Ferwerderadiel at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website

Places adjacent to Ferwerderadiel

|  | Ameland
Wadden Sea |

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Wadden Sea |

Ferwerderadiel

| Dongeradeel
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Het Bildt | Leeuwarderadeel, Tytsjerksteradiel | Dantumadiel

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