Editing Ferwerderadiel

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Ferwerderadiel
| other_name              = {{native name|nl|Ferwerderadeel|icon=no|italics=no}}
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Burdaard.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Canal through [[Burdaard]]
| image_flag              = Flag of Ferwerderadiel.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Ferwerderadeel.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 1722 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Ferwerderadiel in a municipal map of Friesland
| map_caption             = Location in Friesland
| coordinates             = {{coord|53|20|N|5|50|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Friesland]]
| extinct_title           = Merged
| extinct_date            = 2019
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Ferwerderadiel}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Ferwerderadiel}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Ferwerderadiel}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Ferwerderadiel}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Ferwerderadiel}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 9070–9179
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0518, 0519, 058
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.ferwerderadiel.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Ferwerderadiel''' ({{Pronunciation|Ferwerderadiel.ogg|help=no}}) is a former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] of [[Friesland]] in the northern [[Netherlands]]. Its official name is [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]], the Dutch name is '''Ferwerderadeel''' ({{IPA|nl|fɛrˈʋɛrdəraːˌdeːl|pron|446 Ferwerderadeel.ogg}}). In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of [[Dongeradeel]] and [[Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland]] to form the new municipality [[Noardeast-Fryslân]].

== Population centres ==
[[Bartlehiem]], [[Blije]], [[Burdaard]], [[Ferwert]], [[Ginnum]], [[Hallum]], [[Hegebeintum]], [[Jannum]], [[Jislum]], [[Lichtaard]], [[Marrum]], [[Reitsum]], [[Wânswert]], [[Westernijtsjerk]].

===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Ferwerderadiel-OpenTopo.jpg|460px]]

'''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Ferwerderadiel, June 2015''

== Notable people ==
[[File:Beeld van Fred. van Mariëngaarde - Hallum - 20100046 - RCE.jpg|140px|thumb|St. Fredk. van Hallum]]
* Saint [[Frederick of Hallum]] (ca. 1113 – 1175) a [[Premonstratensian]] priest
* [[Barthold Douma van Burmania]] (1695 in Hallum – 1766) a Dutch statesman and ambassador to the court of Vienna
* [[Pieter Boeles]] (1795 in Ferwerd – 1875) a Dutch Minister and linguist
* [[Gerardus Heymans]] (1857 in Ferwert – 1930) a Dutch philosopher, psychologist and academic
* [[Watse Cuperus]] (1891 in Blije – 1966) a Dutch journalist and writer in the [[West Frisian language]]
* [[Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma]] (1893 in Ferwert – 1968) a [[West Frisian language]] writer
* [[Maria Sterk]] (born 1979 in Hallum) a Dutch marathon speed skater

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Birdaard, ophaalbrug met kerk op achtergrond 2009-09-19 10.53.JPG|Birdaard, drawbridge and church 
Image:Ferwerd, Vrijthof en kerk 2009-09-19 15.41.JPG|Ferwerd, Vrijhof and church
Image:Marrum, kerk foto1 2009-09-19 16.08.JPG|Marrum, church
Image:Hallum, kerk2 foto3 2009-09-19 16.39.JPG|Hallum, church
</gallery>

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

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Ferwerderadiel}}
*[http://www.ferwerderadiel.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Ferwerderadiel
 | North     = [[Ameland]]<br>''[[Wadden Sea]]''
 | East      = [[Dongeradeel]]
 | Southeast = [[Dantumadiel]]
 | South     = [[Leeuwarderadeel]], [[Tytsjerksteradiel]]
 | Southwest = [[Het Bildt]]
 | West      = ''[[Wadden Sea]]''
}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Noardeast-Fryslân]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Friesland]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019]]


{{Friesland-geo-stub}}