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 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 Dongeradeel and ...

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 dissol ...

Population centres

Bartlehiem,

Blije Blije ( nl, Blija) 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 wa ...

Burdaard Burdaard is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,173 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. It is situated south of Jislum, ...

Ferwert Ferwert ( nl, Ferwerd) 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 villag ...

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 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. Before 2019, the vil ...

, Hegebeintum, Jannum, Jislum, Lichtaard,

Marrum Marrum is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 1,462 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. 2006 horse rescue oper ...

, Reitsum, Wânswert,

Westernijtsjerk Westernijtsjerk ( nl, Westernijkerk) is a hamlet in Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Before 2019, the village was part of the Ferwerderadiel municipality. The village was first mentioned in 1224 as No ...

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 – March 5, 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 prie ...

(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 (1695 in Hallum – 1766) a Dutch statesman and ambassador to the court of Vienna *

Pieter Boeles Pijtter (Pieter) Boeles (1795–1875) was a Dutch Minister and linguist. Biography Boeles, son of the Frisian farmers Jetzo Boeles and Trijntje Pieters, studied theology at the University of Groningen. He completed his major in 1817 with a di ...

(1795 in Ferwerd – 1875) a Dutch Minister and linguist *

Gerardus Heymans Gerardus Heymans (17 April 1857, Ferwert – 18 February 1930, Groningen) was a Dutch philosopher and psychologist.Hubbeling, H. G. (2013). Gerardus Heijmans (1857-1930). In ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland.'' https://resources.huyge ...

(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 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 by me ...

(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