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Weststellingwerf
Municipality
Flag of WeststellingwerfCoat of arms of Weststellingwerf
Location of Weststellingwerf
Country Netherlands
Province Friesland
Area
(2006)
 • Total
228.36 km2 (88.17 sq mi)
 • Land 222.15 km2 (85.77 sq mi)
 • Water 6.20 km2 (2.39 sq mi)

Weststellingwerf (About this sound pronunciation , Stellingwarfs: Weststellingwarf / Stellingwarf-Westaende) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. 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.

Population centres[]

Blesdijke, Boijl, De Blesse, De Hoeve, Langelille, Munnekeburen, Nijeholtpade, Nijeholtwolde, Nijelamer, Nijetrijne, Noordwolde, Oldeholtpade, Oldeholtwolde, Oldelamer, Oldetrijne, Oosterstreek, Peperga, Scherpenzeel, Slijkenburg, Sonnega, Spanga, Steggerda, Ter Idzard, Vinkega, Wolvega, Zandhuizen.

Wolvega[]

Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.

Transportation[]

Railway Station: Wolvega

Peperga[]

Peperga is the birth place of the last governor of New Amsterdam, Peter Stuyvesant.

External links[]

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