Weststellingwerf Municipality
Weststellingwerf is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It borders both Drenthe and Overijssel. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland where the spoken language is not West Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken here.- Type: former grietenij with 26,100 residents
- Description: municipality in Friesland, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Peperga”, “Weststellingwerf”, and “Wolvega”
- Neighbors: De Fryske Marren and Heerenveen
Places of Interest
Highlights: Wolvega railway station and Oudheidkamer Weststellingwerf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wolvega and Oldeholtpade.
Oldeholtpade
Village
Oldeholtpade is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
Ter Idzard
Village
Ter Idzard is a village in Weststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
Weststellingwerf Municipality
- Category: municipality of the Netherlands
- Location: Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.8765° or 52° 52′ 35″ north
Longitude
6.02° or 6° 1′ 12″ east
Population
26,100
Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NL WSW
Open location code
9F48V2G9+HX
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Weststellingwerf Municipality” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Weststellingwerf”
- Albanian: “Weststellingwerf”
- Arabic: “فيستستيلينجفيرف”
- Aragonese: “Weststellingwerf”
- Armenian: “Վեստստելինգվերֆ”
- Asturian: “Weststellingwerf”
- Basque: “Weststellingwerf”
- Catalan: “Weststellingwerf”
- Cebuano: “Gemeente Weststellingwerf”
- Chinese: “西斯泰灵韦夫”
- Chinese: “西斯泰靈韋夫”
- Danish: “Weststellingwerf”
- Dutch: “Weststellingwerf”
- Esperanto: “Weststellingwerf”
- Finnish: “Weststellingwerf”
- French: “Weststellingwerf”
- German: “Weststellingwerf”
- Hakka Chinese: “Weststellingwerf”
- Hungarian: “Weststellingwerf”
- Indonesian: “Weststellingwerf”
- Irish: “Weststellingwerf”
- Italian: “Weststellingwerf”
- Japanese: “ウェストステリングウェルフ”
- Javanese: “Weststellingwerf”
- Kurdish: “Weststellingwerf”
- Ladin: “Weststellingwerf”
- Limburgan: “Weststellingwerf”
- Low German: “Weststellingwarf”
- Luxembourgish: “Weststellingwerf”
- Malay: “Weststellingwerf”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Weststellingwerf”
- Northern Frisian: “Weststellingwerf”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Weststellingwerf”
- Norwegian: “Weststellingwerf”
- Persian: “وستاستلینگورف”
- Polish: “Weststellingwerf”
- Portuguese: “Weststellingwerf”
- Romanian: “Weststellingwerf”
- Russian: “Вестстеллингверф”
- Saterfriesisch: “Weststellingwerf”
- Spanish: “Weststellingwerf”
- Swedish: “Weststellingwerf”
- Turkish: “Weststellingwerf”
- Ukrainian: “Вестстеллінгверф”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ اسٹیلنگ ورف”
- Venetian: “Weststellingwerf”
- Vietnamese: “Weststellingwerf”
- Volapük: “Weststellingwerf”
- Waray (Philippines): “Weststellingwerf”
- Western Frisian: “Weststellingwerf”
- Zeeuws: “Weststelliengwerf”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Nijeholtwolde and Sonnega.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: De Nieuwe Aanleg and Windlust.
Friesland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Leeuwarden and Heerenveen.
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