Ferwerderadiel

Ferwerderadiel is a former municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. Its official name is West Frisian, the Dutch name is Ferwerderadeel. In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Dongeradeel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland to form the new municipality Noardeast-Fryslân.

Population centres

, Blije, Burdaard, Ferwert, Ginnum, Hallum, Hegebeintum, Jannum, Jislum, Lichtaard, Marrum, Reitsum, Wânswert, Westernijtsjerk.

Topography

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

Notable people

Saint Frederick of Hallum a Premonstratensian priest
Barthold Douma van Burmania a Dutch statesman and ambassador to the court of Vienna
Pieter Boeles a Dutch Minister and linguist
Gerardus Heymans a Dutch philosopher, psychologist and academic
Watse Cuperus a Dutch journalist and writer in the West Frisian language
Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma a West Frisian language writer
Maria Sterk a Dutch marathon speed skater