Editing Dantumadiel

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| leader_name        = [[Anja Haga]] ([[Christian Union (Netherlands)|CU]])
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[[File:Gem-Dantumadiel-OpenTopo.jpg|270px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Dantumadiel, June 2015'']]

'''Dantumadiel''' ({{pronunciation|fy-Dantumadiel.oga|West Frisian pronunciation|help=no}}) is a [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[Friesland]] in the [[Netherlands]]. Dantumadiel is a rural municipality characterized by economic activity and agriculture.

== History ==
The first time Dantumadiel is mentioned was in a document from 1242. At that time Dantumadiel, or ''Donthmadeil'' as it was then known, was a part of the Winninghe district, the northern part of [[Oostergo]]. The [[grietenij]] (municipality) Dantumadiel was led by a [[grietman]] (mayor) who was holding office in [[Rinsumageast]] and Dantumawâld. The Dutch Municipalities Act of 1851 (Dutch: Gemeentewet van 1851) abolished the grietenijen, which automatically became gemeenten (municipalities) headed by a mayor.<ref>[http://home.planet.nl/~VERA0000/gemeentewet1851.html]</ref>

== Population centres ==
The Dantumadiel municipality is composed of 11 towns with a total of 19,030 inhabitants in 2014; the towns and their 2014 populations are listed in the table.

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|'''Name'''<ref name="names">{{cite web 
 |url=http://www.dantumadeel.nl/Mediaitem/Definitieve-lijst-Frysktalige-straatnamen.htm 
 |title=Definitieve lijst Frysktalige straatnamen 
 |accessdate=2009-01-01 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208124430/http://www.dantumadeel.nl/Mediaitem/Definitieve-lijst-Frysktalige-straatnamen.htm 
 |archivedate=2008-12-08 
 }}</ref>||'''Residents'''<ref name="residents">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.dantumadeel.nl/Over-Dantumadiel/Dorpen.htm 
 |title=Gemeente Dantumadiel - Dorpen 
 |accessdate=2014-01-01 
}}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[Damwâld]]|| align="right" |5,640
|-
|[[De Westereen]]|| align="right" |5,087
|-
|[[Feanwâlden]] '''*'''|| align="right" |3,521
|-
|[[Broeksterwâld]]|| align="right" |1,168
|-
|[[Rinsumageast]]|| align="right" |1,139
|-
|[[Wâlterswâld]]|| align="right" |993
|-
|[[Driezum]]|| align="right" |974
|-
|[[De Falom]]|| align="right" |265
|-
|[[Readtsjerk]]|| align="right" |198
|-
|[[Sibrandahûs]]|| align="right" |45
|}

<small>Source: Website Dantumadiel municipality</small>

'''*''' Including [[Feanwâldsterwâl (Dantumadiel)|Feanwâldsterwâl]]

== Main sights ==
* Damwâld <small>([[Protestant church of Damwâld-Dantumawâld|Dantumawâld]] and [[Protestant church of Damwâld-Moarrewâld|Moarrewâld]])</small> and [[Protestant church of Rinsumageast|Rinsumageast]], are home to medieval churches.
*The villages Broeksterwâld <small>([[Grutte Mûne, Broeksterwâld|Grutte Mûne]] and [[De Broekmolen, Broeksterwâld|De Broekmolen]])</small> Rinsumageast and [[De Hoop, Roodkerk|Readtsjerk]] are home to mills.
* The [[Skierstins]] a medieval fortified house in Feanwâlden.

<gallery heights="200px">
Image:Broeksterwâld GrutteMûne1.JPG|De Grote Molen, [[Broeksterwâld]], built in 1887
Image:Schierstins Veenwouden.jpg|The Skierstins
</gallery>

== Notable people ==
[[File:Maria Petronella Woesthoven2.jpg|140px|thumb|Maria Petronella Woesthoven]]
* [[Maria Petronella Woesthoven]] (1760 in Dantumawoude – 1830) a Dutch poet
* [[Tjeerd Pasma]] (1904 in Rinsumageast – 1944) a Dutch modern pentathlete, competed at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Piet Jongeling]] (1909 in Broeksterwâld – 1985) journalist, politician and children's books writer
* [[Theun de Vries]] (1907 in Feanwâlden – 2005) writer and poet
* [[Jannes van der Wal]] (1956 in Driezum – 1996) a Dutch/Frisian draughts player 
* [[Syb van der Ploeg]] (born 1966 in Dokkum) musician and composer
* [[Theo Pijper]] (born 1980 in Dokkum) a Dutch motorcycle speedway rider in the UK

== Politics ==
The Dantumadiel municipal government consists of a municipal council, board of aldermen and the mayor. [[:nl:Klaas Agricola|Klaas Agricola, (Dutch Wiki)]] has been the mayor of Dantumadiel since December 2017.

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Dantumadiel}}
* {{Official website|http://www.dantumadeel.nl}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Dantumadiel
 | North     = [[Noardeast-Fryslân]]
 | East      = [[Noardeast-Fryslân]]
 | Southeast = [[Achtkarspelen]]
 | South     = [[Tytsjerksteradiel]]
 | West      = [[Tytsjerksteradiel]]
}}
{{Dantumadiel}}
{{Friesland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Dantumadiel| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Friesland]]