Ferwerderadiel () is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Friesland Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...

in the northern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. Its official name is West Frisian, the Dutch name is Ferwerderadeel (). In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of

Dongeradeel Dongeradeel (; fy, Dongeradiel ) is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands. In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Ferwerderadiel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland to form the new municipality Noardeast-Fryslân. History Donge ...

and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland to form the new municipality

Noardeast-Fryslân Noardeast-Fryslân 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 diss ...

Population centres

Bartlehiem, Blije, Burdaard, Ferwert,

Ginnum Ginnum ( nl, Genum) is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name ...

, Hallum, Hegebeintum, Jannum, Jislum, Lichtaard, Marrum, Reitsum, Wânswert, Westernijtsjerk.

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Ferwerderadiel, June 2015''

Notable people

* Saint Frederick of Hallum (ca. 1113 – 1175) a Premonstratensian priest * Barthold Douma van Burmania (1695 in Hallum – 1766) a Dutch statesman and ambassador to the court of Vienna * Pieter Boeles (1795 in Ferwerd – 1875) a Dutch Minister and linguist * Gerardus Heymans (1857 in Ferwert – 1930) a Dutch philosopher, psychologist and academic * Watse Cuperus (1891 in Blije – 1966) a Dutch journalist and writer in the

West Frisian language West Frisian, or simply Frisian ( fy, link=no, Frysk or ; nl, Fries , also ), is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland () in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisian ancestry. It is the most wid ...

* Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma (1893 in Ferwert – 1968) a

writer * Maria Sterk (born 1979 in Hallum) a Dutch marathon speed skater

Gallery

Image:Birdaard, ophaalbrug met kerk op achtergrond 2009-09-19 10.53.JPG, Birdaard, drawbridge and church Image:Ferwerd, Vrijthof en kerk 2009-09-19 15.41.JPG, Ferwerd, Vrijhof and church Image:Marrum, kerk foto1 2009-09-19 16.08.JPG, Marrum, church Image:Hallum, kerk2 foto3 2009-09-19 16.39.JPG, Hallum, church

References

External links

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Official website
Noardeast-Fryslân Former municipalities of Friesland Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019 {{Friesland-geo-stub