Dantumadiel
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dantumadiel
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| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Alexanderkerk van Rinsumageest.jpg
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| image_caption = Medieval church of Rinsumageast
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| map_alt = Position of Dantumadiel in a map of Friesland
| map_caption = Location in Friesland
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Friesland
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|publisher=Gemeente Dantumadiel
|accessdate=8 September 2013
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|archivedate=13 October 2013
}}
| governing_body = Municipal council
| leader_party =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Anja Haga (CU)
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}
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| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Dantumadiel}}
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|title = Postcodetool for 9104BR
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|language = Dutch
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|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
|accessdate = 8 September 2013}}
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| postal_code_type = Postcode
| postal_code = 9067, 9100–9114, 9269–9272
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 0511, 0519, 058
| website = {{URL|1=http://www.dantumadiel.frl}}
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File:Gem-Dantumadiel-OpenTopo.jpg
Dantumadiel ({{pronunciation|fy-Dantumadiel.oga|West Frisian pronunciation|help=no}}) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Dantumadiel is a rural municipality characterized by economic activity and agriculture.
History
The first time Dantumadiel is mentioned was in a document from 1242. At that time Dantumadiel, or Donthmadeil as it was then known, was a part of the Winninghe district, the northern part of Oostergo. The grietenij (municipality) Dantumadiel was led by a grietman (mayor) who was holding office in Rinsumageast and Dantumawâld. The Dutch Municipalities Act of 1851 (Dutch: Gemeentewet van 1851) abolished the grietenijen, which automatically became gemeenten (municipalities) headed by a mayor.[http://home.planet.nl/~VERA0000/gemeentewet1851.html]
Population centres
The Dantumadiel municipality is composed of 11 towns with a total of 19,030 inhabitants in 2014; the towns and their 2014 populations are listed in the table.
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|Name{{cite web |url=http://www.dantumadeel.nl/Mediaitem/Definitieve-lijst-Frysktalige-straatnamen.htm |title=Definitieve lijst Frysktalige straatnamen |accessdate=2009-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208124430/http://www.dantumadeel.nl/Mediaitem/Definitieve-lijst-Frysktalige-straatnamen.htm |archivedate=2008-12-08 }} | Residents{{cite web
|url=http://www.dantumadeel.nl/Over-Dantumadiel/Dorpen.htm |title=Gemeente Dantumadiel - Dorpen |accessdate=2014-01-01 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| Damwâld | align="right" |5,640 |
| De Westereen | align="right" |5,087 |
| Feanwâlden * | align="right" |3,521 |
| Broeksterwâld | align="right" |1,168 |
| Rinsumageast | align="right" |1,139 |
| Wâlterswâld | align="right" |993 |
| Driezum | align="right" |974 |
| De Falom | align="right" |265 |
| Readtsjerk | align="right" |198 |
| Sibrandahûs | align="right" |45 |
Source: Website Dantumadiel municipality
* Including Feanwâldsterwâl
Main sights
- Damwâld (Dantumawâld and Moarrewâld) and Rinsumageast, are home to medieval churches.
- The villages Broeksterwâld (Grutte Mûne and De Broekmolen) Rinsumageast and Readtsjerk are home to mills.
- The Skierstins a medieval fortified house in Feanwâlden.
Image:Broeksterwâld GrutteMûne1.JPG|De Grote Molen, Broeksterwâld, built in 1887
Image:Schierstins Veenwouden.jpg|The Skierstins
Notable people
File:Maria Petronella Woesthoven2.jpg
- Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760 in Dantumawoude – 1830) a Dutch poet
- Tjeerd Pasma (1904 in Rinsumageast – 1944) a Dutch modern pentathlete, competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Piet Jongeling (1909 in Broeksterwâld – 1985) journalist, politician and children's books writer
- Theun de Vries (1907 in Feanwâlden – 2005) writer and poet
- Jannes van der Wal (1956 in Driezum – 1996) a Dutch/Frisian draughts player
- Syb van der Ploeg (born 1966 in Dokkum) musician and composer
- Theo Pijper (born 1980 in Dokkum) a Dutch motorcycle speedway rider in the UK
Politics
The Dantumadiel municipal government consists of a municipal council, board of aldermen and the mayor. Klaas Agricola, (Dutch Wiki) has been the mayor of Dantumadiel since December 2017.
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
{{commons category|Dantumadiel}}
- {{Official website|http://www.dantumadeel.nl}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Dantumadiel
| North = Noardeast-Fryslân
| East = Noardeast-Fryslân
| Southeast = Achtkarspelen
| South = Tytsjerksteradiel
| West = Tytsjerksteradiel
}}
{{Dantumadiel}}
{{Friesland Province}}
{{Authority control}}