Lemsterland (; ) 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' ...

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 ...

. In 2014 it merged with the municipalities of

Skarsterlân Skarsterlân (; ) 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 vil ...

and

Gaasterlân-Sleat Gaasterlân-Sleat is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northern Netherlands. Its official name is in West Frisian language, West Frisian, the Dutch language, Dutch name being Gaasterland-Sloten (). In 2014 it merged w ...

to form the new municipality

De Fryske Marren De Fryske Marren () is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2014 and consists of the former municipalities of Gaasterlân-Sleat, Lemsterland, Skarsterlân and parts of Boarnsterhim, all four of whi ...

Population centres

* Bantega * Delfstrahuizen * Echten * Echtenerbrug * Eesterga *

Follega Follega () is a small village in De Fryske Marren in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 155 in 2017. The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Ecclesia Folcolfi, and means "the settlement of Foll ...

Lemmer Lemmer () is a town in the municipality of De Fryske Marren, in the Dutch province of Friesland. Lemmer lies adjacent to the IJsselmeer and the Frisian Lakes and is one of Friesland's best-known surface water sports locations. Lemmer is a bustli ...

* Oosterzee * Oosterzee-Buren

References

External links

* De Fryske Marren Former municipalities of Friesland Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2014 {{Friesland-geo-stub