Editing Ooststellingwerf

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Ooststellingwerf
| native_name             = {{native name|stl|Ooststellingwarf}}
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Opsterlandse-Compagnonsvaart Turfroute Appelscha Stokersverlaat 01.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Lock in canal through [[Appelscha]]
| image_flag              = Ooststellingwerf flag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Ooststellingwerf.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Ooststellingwerf location map municipality NL.png
| map_alt                 = Position of Ooststellingwerf in a map of Friesland
| map_caption             = Location in Friesland
| coordinates             = {{coord|53|0|N|6|18|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]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.ooststellingwerf.nl/college-van-bw
 |title       = College
 |trans-title = Executive board
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Ooststellingwerf
 |access-date = 5 May 2024
 }}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Jack Werkman
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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|Ooststellingwerf}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Ooststellingwerf}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Ooststellingwerf}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 8431LE
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 22 September 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 7
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Ooststellingwerf}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Ooststellingwerf}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = 
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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             = 8420–8435
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0516
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.ooststellingwerf.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Ooststellingwerf''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈoːststɛlɪŋˌʋɛr(ə)f|lang|459 Ooststellingwerf.ogg}}; [[Stellingwarfs]]: {{lang|stl|Ooststellingwarf}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the province of [[Friesland]] in the northern [[Netherlands]].
It is one of the municipalities of Friesland where [[Stellingwarfs dialect|Stellingwerfs]], a dialect of [[Dutch Low Saxon]], is spoken rather than [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]].

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|
* [[Appelscha]]
* [[Donkerbroek]]
* [[Elsloo, Friesland|Elsloo]]
* [[Fochteloo]]
* [[Haule]]
* [[Haulerwijk]]
* [[Langedijke]]
* [[Makkinga]]
* [[Nijeberkoop]]
* [[Oldeberkoop]]
* [[Oosterwolde, Friesland|Oosterwolde]]
* [[Ravenswoud]]
* [[Waskemeer]]
}}

===Hamlets===
The hamlets within the municipality are: [['t Hoogezand]], [[Aekinga]], [[Bekhof]], [[Bentemaden]], [[Boekhorst, hamlet|Boekhorst]], [[Bovenveld]], [[Bûterheideveld]], [[Buttinga]], [[Canada, Ooststellingwerf|Canada]], [[De Bult, Ooststellingwerf|De Bult]], [[De Knolle]], [[De Koelanden]], [[De Monden]] (partially), [[De Riete, Ooststellingwerf|De Riete]], [[Deddingabuurt]], [[Drie Tolhekken]], [[Elleboog, Ooststellingwerf|Elleboog]], [[Egypte, Ooststellingwerf|Egypte]], [[Frankrijk, Ooststellingwerf|Frankrijk]], [[Hoogeduurswoude]], [[Janssenstichting]], [[Jardinga]], [[Konijnenbuurt]], [[Koudenburg]], [[Klazinga]], [[Laagduurswoude]], [[Medhuizen]], [[Moskou, Friesland|Moskou]] (partially), [[Nanninga, hamlet|Nanninga]], [[Nieuwe Vaart, Ooststellingwerf|Nieuwe Vaart]], [[Oude Willem]] (partially), [[Petersburg, Friesland|Petersburg]] (partially), [[Prandinga]], [[Rolpaal, Friesland|Rolpaal]], [[Schottelenburg]], [[Schrappinga]], [[Terwisscha]], [[Tronde]], [[Twijtel]], [[Veneburen]], [[Venekoten]], [[Weper, Netherlands|Weper]], [[Weperpolder]], [[Willemstad, Friesland|Willemstad]], [[Zuid, Friesland|Zuid]] (partially) and [[Zuidhorn, Friesland|Zuidhorn]].

===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Ooststellingwerf-OpenTopo.jpg|460px|]]<br/>''Map of the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, June 2015''

== Notable people ==
[[File:Marrit Steenbergen - Kazan 2015.JPG|140px|thumb|Marrit Steenbergen, 2015]]
* [[Anne Vondeling]] (1916 in Appelscha – 1979) a Dutch politician
* Prof [[Dirk ter Haar]] FRSE FIP (1919 in Oosterwolde – 2002) an Anglo-Dutch physicist
* [[Piet Bergveld]] (born 1940 in Oosterwolde) a Dutch emeritus professor of [[biosensors]], invented [[ISFET]]
=== Sport ===
* [[Joop Alberda]] (born 1952 in Oosterwolde) a retired volleyball coach
* [[Halbe Zijlstra]] (born 1969 in Oosterwolde) a retired Dutch politician
* [[Jan Kromkamp]] (born 1980 in Makkinga) a Dutch retired footballer with 316 club caps
* [[Sjoerd Hamburger]] (born 1983 in Oldeberkoop) a rower who competes in the single scull, competed in the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Marrit Steenbergen]] (born 2000 in Ooststellingwerf) a Dutch competitive swimmer, gold medallist at the [[2015 European Games]]

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

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Ooststellingwerf}}
*[http://www.ooststellingwerf.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Ooststellingwerf
 | Northeast = [[Noordenveld]] ([[Drenthe|DR]])
 | Southeast = [[Midden-Drenthe]] ([[Drenthe|DR]])
 | South     = [[Westerveld]] ([[Drenthe|DR]])
 | Southwest = [[Weststellingwerf]]
 | West      = [[Heerenveen]]
 | Northwest = [[Opsterland]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Ooststellingwerf}}
{{Friesland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Friesland]]


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