Franekeradeel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfraːnəkəraːˌdeːl] ; West Frisian: Frentsjerteradiel [ˈfrɛntsjətəraˌdiəl] ) is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands. It was created in 1984 by combining an earlier Franekeradeel municipality with the city of Franeker and parts of the former municipality of Barradeel. On 1 January 2018 it merged with the municipalities of het Bildt, Menameradiel and parts of Littenseradiel to form the new municipality Waadhoeke.
Franekeradeel
Frentsjerteradiel | |
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Former municipality | |
 City of Franeker | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Friesland | |
| Coordinates: 53°11′N 5°32′E / 53.183°N 5.533°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Friesland |
| Municipality | Waadhoeke |
| Area | |
• Total | 109.17 km2 (42.15 sq mi) |
| • Land | 102.73 km2 (39.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[3] | |
• Total | data missing |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 8800–8814, 8850–8859 |
| Area code | 0517, 0518 |
| Website | www |
Population centres
editAchlum, Boer, Dongjum, Firdgum, Franeker, Herbaijum, Hitzum, Klooster-Lidlum, Oosterbierum, Peins, Pietersbierum, Ried, Schalsum, Sexbierum, Tzum, Tzummarum, Zweins.
Topography
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Dutch Topographic map of the former municipality of Franekeradeel, June 2015
References
edit- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 8801PA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "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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