Waadhoeke
Waadhoeke | |
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Franeker town hall and planetarium Frisian handball in Franeker Church in Sint Jacobiparochie | |
Location in Friesland | |
| Coordinates: 53°11′N 5°32′E / 53.183°N 5.533°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Friesland |
| Established | 1 January 2018 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Burgemeester | Marga Waanders (PvdA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 315.26 km2 (121.72 sq mi) |
| • Land | 284.86 km2 (109.99 sq mi) |
| • Water | 30.4 km2 (11.7 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | Parts of 8800 and 9000 range |
| Area code | 0515, 0517, 0518, 058 |
| Website | www |
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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.
The municipality is located in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands. Waadhoeke is bordered by Harlingen, Terschelling, Noardeast-Fryslân, Leeuwarden and Súdwest-Fryslân. The population in January 2019 was 46,133. It is Friesland's sixth most populous municipality. The largest population centre (2018 population, 12,793) is Franeker. The residents speak Dutch, West Frisian or Bildts (a dialect in the former municipality het Bildt).