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Ooststellingwerf

Ooststellingwerf
Municipality
Lock in canal through Appelscha
Lock in canal through Appelscha
Flag of Ooststellingwerf
Flag
Coat of arms of Ooststellingwerf
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Ooststellingwerf in a municipal map of Friesland
Location in Friesland
Coordinates: 53°0′N 6°18′E / 53.000°N 6.300°E / 53.000; 6.300Coordinates: 53°0′N 6°18′E / 53.000°N 6.300°E / 53.000; 6.300
Country Netherlands
Province Friesland
Government
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Harry Oosterman (CDA)
Area
 • Total 226.11 km2 (87.30 sq mi)
 • Land 224.16 km2 (86.55 sq mi)
 • Water 1.95 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Elevation 7 m (23 ft)
Population (February 2017)
 • Total 25,696
 • Density 115/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 8420–8435
Area code 0516
Website www.ooststellingwerf.nl

Ooststellingwerf [ˈoːststɛlɪŋˌʋɛr(ə)f] is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland where the spoken language is not West Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken here.

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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Ooststellingwerf, June 2015


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