Metslawier
Encyclopedia
Metslawier is a small village in Dongeradeel
in the province Friesland
of the Netherlands
and has around the 920 citizens (2006).
About half a mile to the north there is the Ropta-windmill, which is in good operational shape.
Dongeradeel
- History :Dongeradeel was created in 1984 from a merger of the old municipalities Westdongeradeel, Oostdongeradeel, and Dokkum. The new municipality is still colloquially referred to in the plural, "de Dongeradelen".- Population centres :...
in the province Friesland
Friesland
Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...
of the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and has around the 920 citizens (2006).
About half a mile to the north there is the Ropta-windmill, which is in good operational shape.
Demographic evolution of Metslawier between 1954 and 2006.
- 1954 - 645
- 1959 - 597
- 1964 - 677
- 1969 - 847
- 1973 - 824
- 2006 - 920
- 2008 - 935