Waadhoeke

Waadhoeke is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2018 and consists of the former municipalities of Franekeradeel, het Bildt, Menameradiel and parts of Littenseradiel, all four of which were dissolved on the same day.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in NL, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Municipalities of Friesland, Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2018 and Waadhoeke.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Waadhoeke
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_flag: Waadhoeke vlag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Waadhoeke wapen.svg
Settlement.image_map: Waadhoeke locator map municipality NL.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Friesland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Friesland
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1 January 2018
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council
Settlement.leader_party: PvdA
Settlement.leader_title: Burgemeester
Settlement.leader_name: Marga Waanders
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_water_km2: 30.4

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Official website

Gemeente Waadhoeke | Gemeente Waadhoeke

Informatie over onze (digitale) diensten, de organisatie en het bestuur.

waadhoeke.nl →

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of the Netherlands
Named after: Wadden Sea
Official name: Waadhoeke
Country: Netherlands
Located in: Friesland
Capital: Franeker
Population: 46149
Area: 315.26
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Shares border with: Ameland
Official website: www.waadhoeke.nl
Image: Franeker, het stadhuis RM15724 en het Planetarium RM15668 foto4 2017-06-18 11.19.jpg

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inception: 2018-01-01
topic's main category: Category:Waadhoeke
Commons category: Waadhoeke
category of associated people: Category:People from Waadhoeke
native label: Waadhoeke
email address: mailto:[email protected]
P12749: Convolvulaceae
contains settlement: Zweins
partnership with: Tresoar

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology
Population centres
Hamlets
Transport
Notable people
Academic & public service
Science
Arts
Sport
References
External links

=== Academic & public service === Sixtinus Amama (1593 in Franeker – 1629) a Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist Tjerk Hiddes de Vries (1622 in Sexbierum – 1666) a Dutch admiral Sicco van Goslinga (1664 in Herbaijum – 1731) a Dutch statesman and diplomat François Hemsterhuis (1721 in Franeker – 1790) a writer on aesthetics and moral philosophy Johan Valckenaer (1759 in Franeker – 1821) a Dutch lawyer, patriot and diplomat. Michael Jan de Goeje (1836 in Dronryp – 1909), a Dutch orientalist focusing on Arabia and Islam Dirk Boonstra (1893 in Sint Annaparochie – 1944) a police commander and World War II hero Jelle Zijlstra (1918 in Oosterbierum – 2001), politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1966/1967 Jacob Klapwijk (1933 in Dronryp – 2021) a Dutch philosopher and academic Aucke van der Werff (born 1953) a Dutch politician, Mayor of het Bildt, 2003/2010 Pia Dijkstra (born 1954 in Franeker) a Dutch politician and former TV news presenter

=== Science === Johan Sems (1572 in Franeker – 1635) a Dutch cartographer, engineer and land surveyor Eise Eisinga (1744 in Dronryp – 1828) an amateur astronomer Adolphus Ypey (1749 in Franeker – 1822) a Dutch botanist Sebald Justinus Brugmans (1763 in Franeker – 1819), botanist and physician Jan Oort (1900 in Franeker – 1992) a Dutch astronomer of the Milky Way Rein Strikwerda (1930 in Franeker – 2006) a Dutch orthopedic surgeon of footballers Johan Bouma (born 1940 in Vrouwenparochie) a Dutch soil scientist === Arts === Jacobus Mancadan (ca.1602 in Minnertsga – 1680) a Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes Anna Maria van Schurman (1607–1678), painter, engraver and poet Jan Jansz. de Stomme (1615 in Franeker – 1658) a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 in Dronryp – 1912), painter === Sport === Sippie Tigchelaar (born 1952 in Franeker) a retired speed skater, competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics Tjalling van den Bosch (born 1958 in Achlum) a powerlifter, strongman, and Highland Games athlete Petronella de Jong (born 1970 in Sint Jacobiparochie) a sailor, competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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