Noardeast-Fryslân
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Northeast Friesland
| native_name = {{native name|fy|Noardeast-Fryslân}}
| settlement_type = Municipality
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| image1 = De Mariakerk van Wierum achter de zeedijk.jpg
| alt1 = Wierum alongside the Wadden Sea
| caption1 = Wierum alongside the Wadden Sea
| image2 = Hogebeintum, Fries, Hegebeintum (actm) 33.jpg
| alt2 = Hegebeintum
| caption2 = Hegebeintum
| image3 = Wanswerd in het landschap.jpg
| alt3 = Wânswert
| caption3 = Wânswert
| image4 = Dokkum, stadhuis.jpg
| alt4 = Dokkum City hall
| caption4 = Dokkum City hall
| image5 = Windmolens "De Hoop" en "Zeldenrust" in Dokkum.JPG
| alt5 = Windmills in Dokkum
| caption5 = Windmills in Dokkum
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| image_map = Noardeast-Fryslân location map municipality NL 2019.png
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| map_caption = Location in Friesland
| coordinates = {{coord|53|20|N|6|03|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Friesland
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1 January 2019
| governing_body = Municipal council
| leader_party = FNP
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Johannes Kramer
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Noardeast-Fryslân}}
| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Noardeast-Fryslân}}
| area_water_km2 = 138.62
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| population_total = 45,181
| population_as_of = January 2019
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| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = CEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postcode
| postal_code = Parts of 9000, 9100, 9200 and 9800 range
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 0511, 0518, 0519, 058, 0594
| website = {{URL|1=https://noardeast-fryslan.nl/}}
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Noardeast-Fryslân ({{IPA|fy|noəˈtɪəst ˈfrislɔ̃ːn}}) is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2019 and consists of the former municipalities of Dongeradeel, Ferwerderadiel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, all three of which dissolved on the same day.{{cite web|url=https://www.herindeling-noardeastfryslan.nl/|title=Gemeentelijke herindeling|work=herindeling-noardeastfryslan.nl|publisher=Municipality Noardeast-Fryslân|language=Dutch|trans-title=Municipal merger|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928201051/https://www.herindeling-noardeastfryslan.nl/|archive-date=28 September 2018|url-status=dead}}
The municipality is located in the province of Friesland on the Wadden Sea coast, in the north of the Netherlands. Noardeast-Fryslân is bordered by the municipalities of Waadhoeke, Ameland, Schiermonnikoog, Leeuwarden, Dantumadiel and the province of Groningen. The population in January 2019 was 45,181.[https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/37230ned/table?ts=1565954154504 "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019. It is Friesland's seventh-most populous municipality. The largest population centre (2018 population, 12,576) is Dokkum. The residents speak West Frisian, a Dutch Low Saxon dialect or Dutch.
Part of the municipality are the Engelsmanplaat sandbank and most of the Rif sandbank (which is shared with Schiermonnikoog for a small part).
Etymology
The municipality is a part or corner in the northeast ({{langx|fy|noardeast}}) of the province of Friesland ({{langx|fy|Fryslân}}). {{Cite web|url=https://www.kollumerland.nl/actueel/nieuws_3195/item/noardeast-fryslan-nieuwe-gemeentenaam-dfk_10213.html|language=Dutch|title=Noardeast-Fryslân nieuwe gemeentenaam DFK|trans-title=Noardeast-Fryslân new name municipality DFK|last=|first=|date=30 March 2017|website=kollumerland.nl|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617165340/https://www.kollumerland.nl/actueel/nieuws_3195/item/noardeast-fryslan-nieuwe-gemeentenaam-dfk_10213.html|archive-date=17 June 2018|url-status=dead}}
Population centres
File:Gem-Noardeast-Fryslan-OpenTopo.jpg
File:Bevolking Noardeast-Fryslân.png
The municipality consists of 53 settlements of which Dokkum is the seat of government. Noardeast-Fryslân is also a region that is experiencing population decline.[https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/bevolkingskrimp/krimpgebieden-en-anticipeergebieden population decline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831090609/https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/bevolkingskrimp/krimpgebieden-en-anticipeergebieden |date=2017-08-31 }} (in Dutch), on rijksoverheid.nl
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! Name !! Population | |
Dokkum | align="right" |12,576 |
Kollum | align="right" |5,529 |
Kollumersweach | align="right" |2,992 |
Hallum | align="right" |2,751 |
Ferwert | align="right" |1,823 |
Holwert | align="right" |1,607 |
Marrum | align="right" |1,464 |
Ternaard | align="right" |1,380 |
Burdaard | align="right" |1,158 |
Eanjum | align="right" |1,071 |
Easternijtsjerk | align="right" |944 |
Mitselwier | align="right" |908 |
Blije | align="right" |839 |
Ie | align="right" |834 |
Aldwâld | align="right" |832 |
Sweagerbosk | align="right" |638 |
Westergeast | align="right" |621 |
Burum (Boerum) | align="right" |606 |
Ingwierrum | align="right" |565 |
Munnekezijl (Muntsjesyl) | align="right" |488 |
Kollumerpomp (De Pomp) | align="right" |478 |
Hantum | align="right" |404 |
Nes | align="right" |376 |
Nijewier | align="right" |366 |
Ljussens | align="right" |348 |
Wierum | align="right" |339 |
De Trieme | align="right" |318 |
Peazens | align="right" |242 |
Brantgum | align="right" |236 |
Moarre | align="right" |227 |
Raard | align="right" |223 |
Moddergat | align="right" |221 |
Wânswert | align="right" |204 |
Warfstermolen (Warfstermûne) | align="right" |203 |
Hantumhuzen | align="right" |200 |
Eastrum | align="right" |188 |
Reitsum | align="right" |152 |
Aalsum (Ealsum) | align="right" |125 |
Boarnwert | align="right" |119 |
Feankleaster | align="right" |97 |
Hegebeintum | align="right" |90 |
Ginnum | align="right" |89 |
Lichtaard | align="right" |84 |
Foudgum | align="right" |72 |
Jislum | align="right" |72 |
Augsbuert-Lytsewâld | align="right" |70 |
Hantumerútbuorren | align="right" |67 |
Hiaure (De Lytse Jouwer) | align="right" |65 |
De Skâns-Oostmahorn | align="right" |65 |
Jannum | align="right" |63 |
Wetsens | align="right" |55 |
Jouswier | align="right" |44 |
Waaxens (Waaksens) | align="right" |35 |
Sources: Dongeradeel.nl, Ferwerderadiel and Kollumerland.[https://www.dongeradeel.nl/gemeente-dongeradeel/aantal-inwoners_41858/ aantal inwoners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021003857/https://www.dongeradeel.nl/gemeente-dongeradeel/aantal-inwoners_41858/ |date=2017-10-21 }} dongeradeel.nl Retrieved 27 September 2018.
Transportation
The ferry to Ameland departs from Holwert. Arriva runs several regional buses. Bus route 50 Leeuwarden-Dokkum-Lauwersoog connects with the departures of the ferry to Schiermonnikoog[https://www.wpd.nl/en/practical-information/schiermonnikoog/public-transportation/ Wagenborg Passagiersdiensten public transportation] Retrieved on 8 March 2018.
Notable people
= Public thinking & public service =
File:Reinerus Frisius Gemma, by Maarten van Heemskerck.jpg
- Frederick of Hallum (ca.1113 in Hallum - 1175) Premonstratensian priest and saint
- Gemma Frisius (1508 in Dokkum – 1555) a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher and instrument maker
- Johannes Saeckma (1572 in Kollum – 1636) a Dutch Golden Age magistrate and judge
- Lieuwe van Aitzema (1600 in Dokkum – 1669) an historian, diplomat, bon viveur, libertine and spy {{cite EB1911|wstitle=Aitzema,_Lieuwe_Van |volume= 01 |short=x}}
- Johannes Phocylides Holwarda (1618 in Holwert - 1651) a Frisian astronomer, physician, and philosopher
- Hans Willem van Aylva (ca.1633 in Holwert - 1691) a soldier in the Dutch Raid on the Medway
- Balthasar Bekker (1634 in Mitselwier - 1698) a minister and author about philosophy and theology
- Ulrik Huber (1636 in Dokkum – 1694) professor of law and a political philosopher
- Dooitze Eelkes Hinxt (ca.1741 in Dokkum – 1797) a Dutch navy officer in the Battle of Camperdown
- Gerardus Heymans (1857 in Ferwert – 1930) a Dutch philosopher, psychologist, a follower of psychic monism
- Sybren van Tuinen (1913–1993) a Dutch politician and public servant, Mayor of Dokkumm 1946 - 1970
- Piet Gros (born 1962 in Dokkum) a Dutch chemist and professor biomacromolecular crystallography
= The arts =
- Govert Dircksz Camphuysen (1624 in Dokkum - 1672) an animal painter
- brother & sister Jacob Folkema (1692 in Dokkum – 1767) & Anna Folkema (1695 in Dokkum – 1768) engravers
- Bernard Accama (1697 in Burum – 1756) a Dutch historical and portrait painter
- Nienke van Hichtum (1860 in Nes – 1939) a Frisian Dutch children's author
- Watse Cuperus (1891 in Blije – 1966) a Dutch journalist, writer and translator
- Meindert DeJong (1906 in Wierum - 1991) an American writer of children's books
- Sipke Jan Bousema (born 1976 in Dokkum) a Dutch presenter and actor [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1548281/ IMDb Database] retrieved 11 March 2020
= Sport =
- Lou Dijkstra (1909 in Peazens – 1964) a Dutch speed skater, competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Klaas de Boer (born 1942 in Kollum) a retired U.S. soccer player and coach
- Jan Posthuma (born 1963 in Dokkum) a retired volleyball player, team silver medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics and team gold medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics
References
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|Noardeast-Fryslân}}
- {{Official website|https://noardeast-fryslan.nl/}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Noardeast-Fryslân
| North = Ameland
Wadden Sea
| Northeast = Schiermonnikoog
Wadden Sea
| East = Het Hogeland (GR)
| Southeast = Westerkwartier (GR)
| South = Tytsjerksteradiel, Dantumadiel, Achtkarspelen
| Southwest = Leeuwarden
| West = Waadhoeke
| Northwest =
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{{Dutch municipality Noardeast-Fryslân}}
{{Friesland Province}}
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Category:Municipalities of Friesland
Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2019