Opsterland
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| Opsterland Opsterlân |
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Former court in Beetsterzwaag
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Friesland | ||
| Government[1] | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| • Mayor | Francisca Ravestein (D66) | ||
| Area[2] | |||
| • Total | 227.64 km2 (87.89 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 224.63 km2 (86.73 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 3.01 km2 (1.16 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation[3] | 3 m (10 ft) | ||
| Population (May 2014)[4] | |||
| • Total | 29,883 | ||
| • Density | 133/km2 (340/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postcode | 8400–8409, 9240–9249 | ||
| Area code | 0512, 0513, 0516 | ||
| Website | www |
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Opsterland (Audio file "460 Opsterland.ogg" not found) (West Frisian: Opsterlân) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands.
Contents
Population centres
- Bakkeveen
- Beetsterzwaag
- Frieschepalen
- Gorredijk
- Hemrik
- Jonkerslân
- Langezwaag
- Lippenhuizen
- Luxwoude
- Nij Beets
- Olterterp
- Siegerswoude
- Terwispel
- Tijnje
- Ureterp
- Wijnjewoude
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Opsterland, June 2015
International relations
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Twin towns — sister cities
Opsterland is twinned with:
Ra'anana, Israel (since 1963)[5][6]
Beit Sahur, Palestinian Authority- The choice of twinning with both an Israeli city and a Palestinian one is Opsterland's modest contribution to trying to solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. As well as bilateral contacts with both of their partners, the Dutch officials try to encourage trilateral meetings and induce greater contact between Ra'anana and Beit Sahur, which are located at a short geographical distance from each other but are separated by conflict and mutual mistrust. Recently Francisca Ravestein, Nahum Hofree, Hani Al-Hayik - the mayors, respectively, of Opsterland, Ra'anana and Beit Sahur - jointly inaugurated a photo exhibition at the municipal building in Opsterland.[7]
References
- Notes
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- ↑ *Ra'anana Municipality website
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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Smallingerland | Marum (GR), Leek (GR) | |
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Noordenveld (DR) | ||
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| Heerenveen | Ooststellingwerf |
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