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Ooststellingwerf
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Ooststellingwerf 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.
, Donkerbroek
, Elsloo
, Fochteloo
, Haule
, Haulerwijk
, Langedijke
, Makkinga
, Nijeberkoop
, Oldeberkoop
, Oosterwolde
, Ravenswoud
and Waskemeer
.
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Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the province of 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...
in the northern 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...
.
It is one of the municipalities of Friesland, where the spoken language is not West Frisian
West Frisian language
West Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian and North Frisian,...
; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon
Dutch Low Saxon
Dutch Low Saxon is a group of Low Saxon, i.e. West Low German dialects spoken in the northeastern Netherlands. In comparison, the remainder of the Netherlands speak a collection of Low Franconian dialects.The class "Dutch Low Saxon" is not unanimous...
, is spoken here.
Population centres
AppelschaAppelscha
Appelscha is a village in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It has just under 5000 inhabitants.- History :...
, Donkerbroek
Donkerbroek
Donkerbroek is a village consisting of about 1870 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:*...
, Elsloo
Elsloo (Friesland)
Elsloo is a village consisting of about 650 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:*...
, Fochteloo
Fochteloo
Fochteloo is a village consisting of about 450 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:*...
, Haule
Haule
Haule is a village consisting of about 610 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:* .*...
, Haulerwijk
Haulerwijk
Haulerwijk is a village consisting of about 3300 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:**...
, Langedijke
Langedijke
Langedijke is a village consisting of about 290 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:*...
, Makkinga
Makkinga
Makkinga is a village in the Dutch municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the province of Friesland. As of the census of 1 January 2006 it had 1,039 inhabitants. At one time Makkinga was the largest village in Ooststellingwerf, with nearly 1,900 residents...
, Nijeberkoop
Nijeberkoop
Nijeberkoop is a village consisting of about 274 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:*...
, Oldeberkoop
Oldeberkoop
Oldeberkoop is a village consisting of about 1.550 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:*...
, Oosterwolde
Oosterwolde (Friesland)
Oosterwolde is a village consisting of about 10.000 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:* * * *...
, Ravenswoud
Ravenswoud
Ravenswoud is a village consisting of about 420 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.-External links:*...
and Waskemeer
Waskemeer
Waskemeer is a village of about 870 inhabitants in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the east of Friesland in the Netherlands.The village lies in the north of Ooststellingwerf. It is named after a pond 2 km to the west called Waskmar, which in turn means wash-lake as it was used...
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