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}}

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| area_water_km2 = 138.62

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| population_total = 45,181

| population_as_of = January 2019

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| timezone1 = CET

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| 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

Dokkumalign="right" |12,576
Kollumalign="right" |5,529
Kollumersweachalign="right" |2,992
Hallumalign="right" |2,751
Ferwertalign="right" |1,823
Holwertalign="right" |1,607
Marrumalign="right" |1,464
Ternaardalign="right" |1,380
Burdaardalign="right" |1,158
Eanjumalign="right" |1,071
Easternijtsjerkalign="right" |944
Mitselwieralign="right" |908
Blijealign="right" |839
Iealign="right" |834
Aldwâldalign="right" |832
Sweagerboskalign="right" |638
Westergeastalign="right" |621
Burum (Boerum)align="right" |606
Ingwierrumalign="right" |565
Munnekezijl (Muntsjesyl)align="right" |488
Kollumerpomp (De Pomp)align="right" |478
Hantumalign="right" |404
Nesalign="right" |376
Nijewieralign="right" |366
Ljussensalign="right" |348
Wierumalign="right" |339
De Triemealign="right" |318
Peazensalign="right" |242
Brantgumalign="right" |236
Moarrealign="right" |227
Raardalign="right" |223
Moddergatalign="right" |221
Wânswertalign="right" |204
Warfstermolen (Warfstermûne)align="right" |203
Hantumhuzenalign="right" |200
Eastrumalign="right" |188
Reitsumalign="right" |152
Aalsum (Ealsum)align="right" |125
Boarnwertalign="right" |119
Feankleasteralign="right" |97
Hegebeintumalign="right" |90
Ginnumalign="right" |89
Lichtaardalign="right" |84
Foudgumalign="right" |72
Jislumalign="right" |72
Augsbuert-Lytsewâldalign="right" |70
Hantumerútbuorrenalign="right" |67
Hiaure (De Lytse Jouwer)align="right" |65
De Skâns-Oostmahornalign="right" |65
Jannumalign="right" |63
Wetsensalign="right" |55
Jouswieralign="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

= The arts =

File:Nienke van Hichtum.jpg

  • 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 =

References

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