Editing Heerenveen

{{about|the city and municipality|football teams|SC Heerenveen| and |SC Heerenveen (women)}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
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 |publisher = Gemeente Heerenveen
 |access-date = 11 September 2013}}</ref>
| governing_body     = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party       = [[VVD]]
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| postal_code        = 8410–8459
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'''Heerenveen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌɦeːrə(ɱ)ˈveːn|-|450 Heerenveen.ogg}}, {{langx|fy|It Hearrenfean}} {{IPA|fy|ət ˌjɛrn̩ˈfɪən||Fy-It_Hearrenfean.ogg}}) is a [[town]] and [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[Friesland]] (Fryslân), in the Northern [[Netherlands]]. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July).

== History ==
The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location to dig [[peat]] which was used for fuel, hence the name (''heer'' is "lord", ''veen'' is "peat"). Heerenveen was not one of the traditional eleven cities in [[Friesland]] (Fryslân) as it did not have so-called [[City rights in the Low Countries|city rights]]. However, it is now one of the larger municipalities of the province.

The [[windmill]] [[Welgelegen, Heerenveen|''Welgelegen'' or ''Tjepkema's Molen'']] is the only survivor of seventeen which have stood in Heerenveen.<ref name=Windmills>{{cite web |url=http://www.molens.nl/site/dbase/molen.php?pagina=geschiedenis&molenid=830&toonoverzicht=1 |title=Geschiedenis |publisher=De Hollandsche Molen |language=nl |access-date=20 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603121534/http://www.molens.nl/site/dbase/molen.php?pagina=geschiedenis&molenid=830&toonoverzicht=1 |archive-date=3 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Population centres ==
Population as of 1 January 2018:

Heerenveen (32,900), [[Akkrum]] (3406), [[Aldeboarn]] (1479), [[Bontebok, Heerenveen|Bontebok]] (445), [[De Knipe]] (1470), [[Gersloot]] (280, together with [[Gersloot-Polder]]), [[Hoornsterzwaag]] (815), [[Jubbega]] (3510), [[Katlijk]] (630), [[Luinjeberd]] (450), [[Mildam]] (740), [[Nes, Heerenveen|Nes]] (1104), [[Nieuwebrug, Friesland|Nieuwebrug]] (210), [[Nieuwehorne]] (1500), [[Nieuweschoot]] (180), [[Oranjewoud]] (1610), [[Oudehorne]] (840), [[Oudeschoot]] (1480), [[Terband]] (265) and [[Tjalleberd]] (800).

=== Hamlets ===
The hamlets are: [[Anneburen]], [[Birstum]], [[Brongergea]], [[Easterboarn]], [[Jinshuzen]], [[Meskenwier]], [[Oude Schouw]] (partially), [[Pean, Netherlands|Pean]], [[Poppenhúzen]], [[Schurega]], [[Soarremoarre]], [[Spitsendijk]], [[Sythuzen]], [[Warniahúzen]] en [[Welgelegen, hamlet|Welgelegen]] (partially).

<gallery>
Heerenveen-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg|Map of the city of Heerenveen (2014)
Gem-Heerenveen-OpenTopo.jpg|Map of the municipality of Heerenveen
</gallery>

== Museums ==
* [[Museum Belvédère]], [[modern art]] and [[contemporary art]]
* [[Museum Heerenveen]], local history and culture

== Transport ==
Railway station: [[Heerenveen railway station|Heerenveen]]

== Local government ==
The Heerenveen municipal council consists of 31 seats, which at the [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|2022 municipal elections]] divided as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Heerenveen municipal election 2022|url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731331|access-date=21 April 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

* [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] – 7 seats
* [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]] – 4 seats
* [[Frisian National Party]] – 3 seats
* Heerenveen Lokaal – 3 seats 
* [[GroenLinks|Green Left]] – 3 seats
* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]] – 3 seats
* [[Democrats 66|D66]] – 3 seats
* [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]] – 2 seats
* Local Interest (''GemeenteBelangen'') – 2 seats
* [[ChristianUnion]] – 1 seat

== Sports ==
[[File:Abe Lenstra Stadion 08c.JPG|thumb|[[Abe Lenstra Stadion|Abe Lenstra Stadium]]]]
Heerenveen is notable for its world class sports facilities. These include the [[Abe Lenstra Stadion|Abe Lenstra football stadium]] and the [[Thialf]] [[speed skating]] [[arena]] which was one of the first indoor 400m ice rinks in the world, and where international events draw large crowds. Thialf is also home to the city's ice hockey team, the [[Heerenveen Flyers]]. In 2006, the "Sportstad" (Sport City) project was completed, which included a gymnastics hall, swimming pool and an extension to the football stadium, all clustered together. The Abe Lenstra stadium is unusual because its capacity is larger than the number of inhabitants of the town. One of the few football venues to shares this distinction is [[Stade Félix Bollaert]] in [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]], [[France]].

The town's [[football (soccer)|football]] team, [[SC Heerenveen]], plays in the first-tier [[Eredivisie]], topped by the team's biggest achievement when they qualified for the [[UEFA Champions League]] in 2000.

==Notable residents==
[[File:Édouard Manet - Madame Manet ou Piano - 2.jpg|thumb|140px|''Mme Manet at the Piano,'' 1867–1868, [[Musée d'Orsay]], Paris]]
[[File:Cissy van Marxveldt.jpg|140px|thumb|Cissy van Marxveldt, ca.1915]]
[[File:Wim Duisenberg.jpg|140px|thumb|Wim Duisenberg, 2001]]

* [[Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach]] (1691 in Oranjewoud – 1741) a Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
* [[Hendrik Pasma]] (1813–1890), Mennonite pastor, writer, politician and farmer
* [[Suzanne Manet]] (born 'Leenhoff', 1829–1906), pianist and opera singer, wife of [[Édouard Manet]]
* [[Geerhardus Vos]] (1862–1949), a Dutch-American Calvinist theologian of the [[Princeton Theology]]
* [[Cissy van Marxveldt]] (1889 in Oranjewoud – 1948) a Dutch writer of children's books
* [[Albert Gillis von Baumhauer]] (1891–1939) a Dutch aviation pioneer, designed the first Dutch helicopter 
* [[Eelco van Kleffens]] (1894–1983) a Dutch politician and diplomat
* [[Herman Zanstra]] (1894 in Schoterland – 1972) a Frisian/Dutch astronomer
* [[Fedde Schurer]] (1898–1968), journalist, poet and politician and poet in the [[West Frisian language]]
* [[Adrianus van Kleffens]] (1899–1973) a judge at the [[European Court of Justice]] 1952/1958 
* [[Klaas Runia]] (1926 in Oudeschoot – 2006) a Dutch theologian, churchman and journalist
* [[Wim Duisenberg]] (1935–2005), politician and [[President of the European Central Bank]] 1998/2003 
* [[T. S. van Albada]] (born 1936 in Akkrum) a Dutch astronomer and academic
* [[Gretta Duisenberg]] (born 1942) a Dutch pro-Palestinian political activist
* [[Jacob de Haan (composer)|Jacob de Haan]] (born 1959), a Dutch contemporary composer known for wind music
* [[Tineke Postma]] (born 1978), a Dutch saxophonist
* [[Jan Huitema]] (born 1984), politician and [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP)

=== Sport ===
[[File:Sven Kramer (2009-01-11) crop-2.jpg|140px|thumb|Sven Kramer, 2009]]
* [[Abe Lenstra]] (1920–1985), a Dutch football player with 730 club caps
* [[Foppe de Haan]] (born 1943), football coach and politician
* [[Margriet Zegers]] (born 1954), a retired Dutch field hockey defender, team gold medallist at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Franke Sloothaak]] (born 1958) a German show jumping Olympic champion
* [[Nico-Jan Hoogma]] (born 1968) a former football defender with 517 club caps
* [[Falko Zandstra]] (born 1971), a former Dutch speed skater, silver medallist at the [[1992 Winter Olympics]] and bronze medallist the [[1994 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Carien Kleibeuker]] (born 1978) a Dutch long-distance speed skater, bronze medallist at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] 
* [[Epke Zonderland]] (born 1986), a gymnast and gold medallist at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Sven Kramer]] (born 1986), long track speed skater, three time Olympic champion in the 5000 meters
* [[Vladislav Bykanov]] (born 1989) an Israeli Olympic short track speed skater, lives in Heerenveen
* [[Sanne Wevers]] (born 1991), an artistic gymnast, gold medallist at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Antoinette de Jong]] (born 1995) a Dutch speed skater, bronze medallist at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] 
* [[Lisa Top]] (born 1996), a Dutch artistic gymnast
* [[Aafke Soet]] (born 1997), former short track speed skater, now cyclist
* [[Yasser Seirawan]] (born 1960), American/Syrian chess grandmaster and champion known for his books and commentary on chess games, 
* [[Andries Noppert]] (born 1994), Dutch National Team Goalkeeper World Cup 2022.
* [[Anna-Maja Kazarian]] (born 7 January 2000), a Dutch chess player who holds the titles of FIDE Master (FM) and Woman International Master.

== Twin cities ==
Heerenveen's longstanding connection with [[Rishon LeZion]], [[Israel]] ended in 2016 after the supporting organizations shut down in both countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://heerenveensecourant.nl/2016/09/14/onthulling-gedenksteen-rishon-lezion|title=Onthulling gedenksteen Rishon LeZion|work=Heerenveense Courant}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Abe Lenstra Stadion 08c.JPG|[[Abe Lenstra Stadion]], football stadium
File:21169 Heerenveen Crackstate 2.jpg|[[Crackstate]]
File:Museumbelvedereoranjewoud.jpg|Museum Belvédère
File:Heerenveen panorama 01.jpg|Heerenveen panorama
</gallery>

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

== External links ==
*{{commons category-inline}}
*{{wikivoyage inline|Heerenveen}}
* {{Official website|http://www.heerenveen.nl}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Heerenveen
 | North     = [[Leeuwarden]], [[Smallingerland]]
 | Northeast = [[Opsterland]]
 | East      = [[Ooststellingwerf]]
 | South     = [[Weststellingwerf]]
 | West      = [[De Fryske Marren]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Heerenveen}}
{{Friesland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

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