Heerenveen

Also known as It Hearrenfean

Heerenveen (, , ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population of 50,859 (1 July).

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Heerenveen is a town and municipality located in Friesland in the northern part of the Netherlands, with a town population of nearly 30,000 and a broader municipal population of about 51,000 as of 2021. It serves as a regional center in one of the Netherlands' northern provinces.

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Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type: Town and municipality
Settlement.image_flag: Heerenveen flag.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Wapen van Heerenveen.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Heeresloot 03.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Heeresloot
Settlement.image_map: Heerenveen location map municipality NL 2018.png
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Heerenveen in a map of Friesland
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality (red) and the city (dark red) in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Friesland
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council
Settlement.leader_party: VVD
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Avine Fokkens-Kelder
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 1

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Population centers
Hamlets
Museums
Local government
Sports
Transport
Notable residents
Sport
Twin cities
References
External links

The town itself is located southeast of Sneek and southwest of Drachten. Heerenveen is the oldest peat canal village in the Netherlands. Heerenveen is the fourth-largest place in Friesland in terms of population, but is not one of the eleven Frisian cities.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heerenveen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.