Northeast Friesland
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 dissolved on the same day.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: municipality of the Netherlands with 45,200 residents
- Description: municipality in Friesland, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Neighbors: Ameland
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museum Dokkum and Grote of Sint-Martinuskerk.
Verenigde christelijke kerk, Dokkum
Church
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
Verenigde christelijke kerk, Dokkum is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dokkum and Damwâld.
Dokkum
Town
Photo: JosvanE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dokkum is a Dutch fortified city in the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland. It has 12,669 inhabitants. The fortifications of Dokkum are well preserved and are known as the bolwerken.
Damwâld
Village
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Damwâld is a village in the Dantumadiel municipality of Friesland, in the Netherlands. In 2020 it had 5630 citizens. This number of citizens makes Damwâld the largest village in the municipality of Dantumadiel. Damwâld is situated 5 km south of Northeast Friesland.
Aalsum
Village
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Aalsum is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is located in the municipality Noardeast-Fryslân, about 1 km north of Dokkum. It had a population of around 125 in January 2017 Aalsum is built on a partially excavated terp, around a church originally dedicated to St.
Northeast Friesland
- Location: Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Northeast Friesland” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Asturian: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Catalan: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Chinese: “东北弗里斯兰”
- Dutch: “Gemeente Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Dutch: “Noardeast-Fryslan”
- Dutch: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Dutch: “Noordoost-Friesland”
- Esperanto: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- French: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- German: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- German: “Noordoost-Friesland”
- German: “Nordostfriesland”
- Indonesian: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Irish: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Italian: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Kurdish: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Limburgan: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Livvi: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Low German: “Noordoost-Frieslaand”
- Macedonian: “Североисточна Фризија”
- Northern Frisian: “Noardeast-Fryslân/fe”
- Northern Frisian: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Noordoost-Friesland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordøst-Friesland”
- Norwegian: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Persian: “نوردیس-فرایسلن”
- Portuguese: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Russian: “Северо-Восточная Фрисландия”
- Saterfriesisch: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Slovenian: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Spanish: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Swedish: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Turkish: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Ukrainian: “Північно-Східна Фрисландія”
- Venetian: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Western Frisian: “Noardeast-Fryslân”
- Zeeuws: “Noôrdoôst-Friesland”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Miedend and De Marren.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include De Hoop and Zeldenrust.
Friesland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Leeuwarden, Heerenveen, Sneek, and Harlingen.
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