Ferwerderadiel () is a former

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

Friesland Friesland ( ; ; official ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia (), named after the Frisians, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen (p ...

in the northern

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

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

Dongeradeel Dongeradeel (; ) 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 Dongeradeel was cr ...

and

Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland (; ), officially abbreviated as Kollumerland c.a., is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands, located in the province of Friesland. In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Dongeradeel and Ferwerderadi ...

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 ...

Population centres

Bartlehiem,

Blije Blije () is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 860 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. History The village was first me ...

, Burdaard,

Ferwert Ferwert () is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1787 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. History The village was first ...

Ginnum Ginnum () is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 87 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel Ferwerderadiel () is a former Municipalitie ...

Hallum Hallum is a village in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It is a village in the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân and it had a population of around 2,746 in January 2017. The primary language spoken is West Frisian language, West Frisian ...

, Hegebeintum,

Jannum Jannum () is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, oversea ...

, Jislum, Lichtaard, Marrum, Reitsum,

Wânswert Wânswert () is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of approximately 193 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. History The village w ...

, Westernijtsjerk.

Topography

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

Notable people

* Saint

Frederick of Hallum Saint Frederick of Hallum ( West Frisian: Freark fan Hallum) (c. 1113 – 5 March 1175) was a Premonstratensian priest and regular canon, founder and first abbot of Mariengaarde Abbey in Friesland in the Netherlands. He was also the parish priest ...

(ca. 1113 – 1175) a

Premonstratensian The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular in the Catholic Chur ...

priest *

Barthold Douma van Burmania Barthold Douma van Burmania (bapt. 17 November 1695 in Hallum – 24 March 1766 in Vienna) was a Dutch statesman and ambassador to the court of Vienna in the eighteenth century. Van Burmania was born in a small village in Friesland as the son of ...

(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 Gerardus Heymans (; 17 April 1857 – 18 February 1930) was a Dutch philosopher and psychologist.Hubbeling, H. G. (2013). Gerardus Heijmans (1857–1930). In ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland.'' https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-200 ...

(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 ( ; ), is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland () in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisians, Frisian ancestry. It is the most widely spoken of the Frisian ...

Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma (13 November 1893, Ferwert – 1 January 1968, Franeker) was a West Frisian language writer and a Protestant skilled as a translator Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text b ...

(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