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 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 Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the northern Netherlands. In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Ferwerderadiel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland to form the new municipality N ...

and

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

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 disso ...

Population centres

Bartlehiem, Blije, Burdaard, Ferwert, Ginnum, Hallum,

Hegebeintum Hegebeintum ( nl, Hogebeintum) is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 90 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. Hegebei ...

Jannum Jannum ( nl, Janum) is a small village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 63 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel Ferwerderadiel () is ...

Jislum Jislum is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 65 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. There is a restored windmill A win ...

Lichtaard Lichtaard is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 76 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. History The village was first me ...

, Marrum,

Reitsum Reitsum is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 133 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. History The village w ...

Wânswert Wânswert ( nl, Wanswerd) 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 ...

, Westernijtsjerk.

Topography

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

Notable people

* Saint Frederick of Hallum (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 of the Catholic Church ...

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 (1857 in Ferwert – 1930) a Dutch philosopher, psychologist and academic *

Watse Cuperus Watse Cuperus (1891 – 1966) was a Dutch journalist, writer and translator. He wrote in West Frisian, and his most important work is ''The golden wire'' (De gouden tried, 1941–50). Books * 1933 : Skeanebûrster folkslibben * 1937 : Lânstoa ...

(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 wi ...

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

writer *

Maria Sterk Maria Sterk (born 5 June 1979, in Hallum) is a Dutch marathon speed skater. In 2005, she finished in third position of the Essent Cup and on 11 February of that year she announced to attack the women's world hour speed skating record, which was h ...

(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