Northern Netherlands
Friesland
Weststellingwerf Municipality

Wolvega

Wolvega, is the capital and largest town in the municipality of in the province of , in the . It had a population of around 13,090 in 2021.
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  • Type: Town with 12,900 residents
  • Description: village in Weststellingwerf, Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 8471 and 8472

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oudheidkamer Weststellingwerf and Kerk op de Hoogte.

Museum
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is a museum.

Church
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is a church.

Railway station
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Wolvega is a railway station in Wolvega, . The station opened on 15 January 1868 and is on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oldeholtpade and Ter Idzard.

Village
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is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 1,020 in 2017. The village was first mentioned in 1204 as "Holenpathe juxta Liennam1", and means "old low-lying path". is situated 3½ km northeast of Wolvega.

Village
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is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 310 in 2017. The village was first mentioned in 1320 as Ydzerde, and means "settlement of Idzerd ". is situated 4 km northeast of Wolvega.

Village
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is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 210 in 2017. The village was first mentioned in 1320 as Ostrinde, and means "old border line". is situated 4 km southwest of Wolvega.

Wolvega

Latitude
52.87629° or 52° 52′ 35″ north
Longitude
6.00176° or 6° 0′ 6″ east
Population
12,900
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL WVG
Open location code
9F48V2G2+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 235281706
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2744194
Wiki­data ID
Q644366
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Zeeuws—“Wolvega” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Wolvegea”
  • Cebuano: “Wolvega”
  • Chinese: “Wolvega”
  • Chinese: “沃尔弗哈”
  • Dutch: “Wolvega”
  • Dutch: “Wolvege”
  • Dutch: “Wolvegea”
  • Esperanto: “Wolvega”
  • Finnish: “Wolvega”
  • French: “Wolvega”
  • German: “Wolvega”
  • Irish: “Wolvegea”
  • Latin: “Wolwagham”
  • Lithuanian: “Volvega”
  • Low German: “Wolvege”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wolvega”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wolvega”
  • Persian: “ولفه‌خا”
  • Persian: “ولوهگا”
  • Polish: “Wolvega”
  • Russian: “Волвега”
  • Russian: “Вольвега”
  • Swedish: “Wolvega”
  • Turkish: “Wolvega”
  • Ukrainian: “Волвега”
  • Western Frisian: “Wolvege”
  • Western Frisian: “Wolvegea”
  • Zeeuws: “Wolvega”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wolvega”. Photo: Martijnvanvulpen, CC BY-SA 3.0.