Gaasterlân Sleat
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 Fryslân
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| local community |
 De Fryske Marren
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Area - land - water |
209.34 km 2 95.12 km 2 114.22 km 2 |
| Residents | 10,186 (Dec. 31, 2013) |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 54 ' N , 5 ° 34' E |
| Important traffic route |
 
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| prefix | 0514 |
| Postcodes | 8556-8583 |
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Gaasterlân-Sleat ( Dutch Gaasterland-Sloten ) ( ) was a municipality in the province of Friesland ( Netherlands ). It had 10,186 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2013). The merger of the previous municipalities of Gaasterlân-Sleat, Lemsterland and Skarsterlân resulted in the new municipality of De Friese Meren on January 1, 2014, which took the Frisian name De Fryske Marren on July 1, 2015 .
Gaasterlân-Sleat was on the IJsselmeer in the south of the province.
The administrative seat was Balk , the other places in the municipality were: Bakhuizen, Elahuizen, Harich, Kolderwolde, Mirns, Nijemirdum, Oudega, Oudemirdum, Rijs, Ruigahuizen, Sloten , Sondel and Wijckel.
Events
- The Elfstedentocht , the famous speed skating marathon race, runs through Sloten along the eleven Frisian cities .
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
| Political party | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | |
| FNP | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| CDA | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4th |
| VVD | 2 | 4th | 2 | 3 |
| PvdA | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| ChristenUnie | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Community concerns | - | - | 1 | - |
| RPF | 1 | - | - | - |
| D66 | 0 | - | - | - |
| total | 13 | 15th | 15th | 15th |
Web links
Commons : Gaasterlân-Sleat - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on June 15, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1998–2002 ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 2006 2010 , accessed June 15, 2018 (Dutch)
