Ooststellingwerf

Municipality in Friesland, Netherlands

Ooststellingwerf

Ooststellingwarf (Stellingwerfs)

Municipality

Lock in canal through Appelscha

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Coat of arms

Location in Friesland

Coordinates: 53°0′N 6°18′E﻿ / ﻿53.000°N 6.300°E﻿ / 53.000; 6.300
Country| Netherlands
Province| Friesland
Government

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• Body| Municipal council
• Mayor| Jack Werkman (VVD)
Area

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• Total

| 226.11 km2 (87.30 sq mi)
• Land| 223.42 km2 (86.26 sq mi)
• Water| 2.69 km2 (1.04 sq mi)
Elevation

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| 7 m (23 ft)
Population

(January 2021)[4]

• Total

| 25,464
• Density| 114/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode|

8420–8435

Area code| 0516
Website| www.ooststellingwerf.nl

Ooststellingwerf (Dutch: [ˈoːststɛlɪŋˌʋɛr(ə)f] ⓘ; Stellingwarfs: Ooststellingwarf) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland where Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken rather than West Frisian.

## Population centres

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* Appelscha
* Donkerbroek
* Elsloo
* Fochteloo
* Haule
* Haulerwijk
* Langedijke
* Makkinga
* Nijeberkoop
* Oldeberkoop
* Oosterwolde
* Ravenswoud
* Waskemeer

### Hamlets

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The hamlets within the municipality are: 't Hoogezand, Aekinga, Bekhof, Bentemaden, Boekhorst, Bovenveld, Bûterheideveld, Buttinga, Canada, De Bult, De Knolle, De Koelanden, De Monden (partially), De Riete, Deddingabuurt, Drie Tolhekken, Elleboog, Egypte, Frankrijk, Hoogeduurswoude, Janssenstichting, Jardinga, Konijnenbuurt, Koudenburg, Klazinga, Laagduurswoude, Medhuizen, Moskou (partially), Nanninga, Nieuwe Vaart, Oude Willem (partially), Petersburg (partially), Prandinga, Rolpaal, Schottelenburg, Schrappinga, Terwisscha, Tronde, Twijtel, Veneburen, Venekoten, Weper, Weperpolder, Willemstad, Zuid (partially) and Zuidhorn.

### Topography

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Map of the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, June 2015

## Notable people

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Marrit Steenbergen, 2015

* Anne Vondeling (1916 in Appelscha – 1979) a Dutch politician
* Prof Dirk ter Haar FRSE FIP (1919 in Oosterwolde – 2002) an Anglo-Dutch physicist
* Piet Bergveld (born 1940 in Oosterwolde) a Dutch emeritus professor of biosensors, invented ISFET

### Sport

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* Joop Alberda (born 1952 in Oosterwolde) a retired volleyball coach
* Halbe Zijlstra (born 1969 in Oosterwolde) a retired Dutch politician
* Jan Kromkamp (born 1980 in Makkinga) a Dutch retired footballer with 316 club caps
* Sjoerd Hamburger (born 1983 in Oldeberkoop) a rower who competes in the single scull, competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics
* Marrit Steenbergen (born 2000 in Ooststellingwerf) a Dutch competitive swimmer, gold medallist at the 2015 European Games

## References

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1. ^ "College" [Executive board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Ooststellingwerf. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
2. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

## External links

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* Media related to Ooststellingwerf at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website

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Places adjacent to Ooststellingwerf

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| Noordenveld (DR)

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Weststellingwerf | Westerveld (DR) | Midden-Drenthe (DR)

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Populated places in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf

Towns|

* Oosterwolde

Villages|

* Appelscha
* Donkerbroek
* Elsloo
* Fochteloo
* Haule
* Haulerwijk
* Langedijke
* Makkinga
* Nijeberkoop
* Oldeberkoop
* Ravenswoud
* Waskemeer

Hamlets|

* Aekinga
* Oude Willem (partially)

List of cities, towns and villages in Friesland

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Municipalities of Friesland

* Achtkarspelen
* Ameland
* Dantumadiel
* De Fryske Marren
* Harlingen
* Heerenveen
* Leeuwarden
* Noardeast-Fryslân
* Ooststellingwerf
* Opsterland
* Schiermonnikoog
* Smallingerland
* Súdwest-Fryslân
* Terschelling
* Tytsjerksteradiel
* Vlieland
* Waadhoeke
* Weststellingwerf

* See also
* Netherlands
* Provinces
* Municipalities

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