Weststellingwerf
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| Country | Netherlands |
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| Province | Friesland |
| Area (2006) | |
| - Municipality | 228.36 km² (88.2 sq mi) |
| - Land | 222.15 km² (85.8 sq mi) |
| - Water | 6.20 km² (2.4 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| - Municipality | 25,502 |
| - Density | 115/km² (297.8/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Weststellingwerf (pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland, where the spoken language is not Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs is spoken here.
[edit] Population centres
Blesdijke, Boijl, De Blesse, De Hoeve, Langelille, Munnekeburen, Nijeholtpade, Nijeholtwolde, Nijelamer, Nijetrijne, Noordwolde, Oldeholtpade, Oldeholtwolde, Oldelamer, Oldetrijne, Oosterstreek, Peperga, Scherpenzeel, Slijkenburg, Sonnega, Spanga, Steggerda, Ter Idzard, Vinkega, Wolvega, Zandhuizen.
[edit] Scherpenzeel
Scherpenzeel is the birth place of the last governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant.
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