Leeuwarden
capital city of Friesland, the Netherlands
Leeuwarden is a city in the north of the Netherlands. It has about 110,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of a part of the Netherlands where a lot of people speak Frisian. The name of that province is Friesland. Leeuwarden is called Ljouwert in Frisian.
Leeuwarden
Ljouwert (West Frisian) | |
|---|---|
City and municipality | |
 Former weigh house in Leeuwarden | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.png) Location of the municipality (green) in the province of Friesland (dark grey) in the Netherlands (light grey) | |
| Coordinates: 53°12′N 5°47′E / 53.200°N 5.783°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Friesland (Fryslân) |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Ferd Crone (PvdA) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 255.62 km2 (98.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 238.38 km2 (92.04 sq mi) |
| • Water | 17.24 km2 (6.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3.2 m (10.5 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 5.2 m (17.1 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1.9 m (6.2 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Municipality | 123,107 |
| • Density | 516/km2 (1,340/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 108,254 |
| • Metro | 174,724 |
| Demonym | Leeuwarder |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 8900–8941 |
| Area code | 058 |
| Website | www |
On 1 January 2014, Boarnsterhim is a part of the municipality of Leeuwarden. On 1 January 2018, it was enlarged by Leeuwarderadeel and parts of the former municipality of Littenseradiel.
References
change- ↑ "Burgemeester drs. Ferd. J.M. Crone" [Mayor Ferd. J.M. Crone MA] (in Dutch). Gemeente Leeuwarden. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 8911DH". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; Regionale kerncijfers Nederland" [Regional core figures Netherlands]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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