Skarsterlân

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Skarsterlân

| other_name = {{native name|nl|Scharsterland|icon=no|italics=no}}

| settlement_type = Former municipality

| image_skyline = Joure, straatzicht met kerk foto4 2011-04-26 17.19.JPG

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Joure town centre

| image_flag = Skarsterlan flag.svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Skarsterlan wapen.svg

| shield_size = 100x80px

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0051 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted former position of Skarsterlân in a municipal map of Friesland

| map_caption = Location in Friesland

| coordinates = {{coord|52|58|N|5|47|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Friesland

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1 January 1984

| extinct_title = Dissolved

| extinct_date = 1 January 2014{{cite web

|url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/2014/default.htm

|title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2014

|trans-title=Municipal divisions on 1 January 2014

|language = Dutch

|website = cbs.nl

|publisher = CBS

|accessdate = 10 January 2014}}

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://statline.cbs.nl |title = Kerncijfers wijken en buurten |trans-title=Key figures for neighbourhoods |language = Dutch |author = |date = 2 July 2013 |work = CBS Statline |publisher = CBS |accessdate = 11 July 2013}}

| area_total_km2 = 216.80

| area_land_km2 = 185.26

| area_water_km2 = 31.54

| elevation_footnotes ={{cite web

|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title = Postcodetool for 8501AA

|trans-title=|language = Dutch

|author =

|date =

|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|accessdate = 25 August 2013}}

| elevation_m = 2

| elevation_max_footnotes =

| elevation_max_m =

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_m =

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37230NED&D1=17&D2=165,240,348,471,504&D3=l&LA=EN&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2&VW=T |title = Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand |trans-title=Population growth; regions per month |language = Dutch |author = |date = 23 December 2013 |work = CBS Statline |publisher = CBS |accessdate = 20 January 2014}}

| population_total = 27467

| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|11}} 2013

| population_density_km2 = 148

| population_demonym =

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 8460–8544

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 0513, 0514

| website =

| footnotes =

}}

Skarsterlân ({{IPA|fy|ˈskarstəˌlɔ̃ːn|lang|Fy-Skarsterlân.oga}}; {{langx|nl|Scharsterland}} {{IPA|nl|ˈsxɑrstərˌlɑnt||462 Scharsterland.ogg}}) is a former municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. The municipality was created 1 January 1984 by merging the municipalities of Doniawerstal and Haskerland, the part of Utingeradeel consisting of the villages Akmarijp and Terkaple and the village Nieuwebrug that used to belong to Heerenveen. City hall was located in Joure. On 1 January 2014 it merged with the municipalities of Lemsterland and Gaasterlân-Sleat to form the new municipality De Fryske Marren.

At first, the Dutch name Scharsterland was chosen, but as of 1 March 1985, the West Frisian name Skarsterlân was adopted and the Dutch name became obsolete.