Lemsterland
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 Fryslân
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| local community |
 De Fryske Marren
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Area - land - water |
124.34 km 2 75.77 km 2 48.57 km 2 |
| Residents | 13,524 (Dec. 31, 2013) |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 51 ' N , 5 ° 43' E |
| prefix | 0514 |
| Postcodes | 8530-8539, 8508 |
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Lemsterland ( ) ( West Frisian Lemsterlân ) was a municipality in the south of the province of Friesland ( Netherlands ). It had 13,524 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 .
The administrative seat was Lemmer , other places in the municipality were: Bantega , Delfstrahuizen , Echten , Echtenerbrug , Eesterga , Follega , Oosterzee and Oosterzee-Buren .
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
| Political party | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | |
| Gemeentebelangen Lemsterland | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4th |
| CDA | 4th | 4th | 3 | 3 |
| Nieuwe Communist Partij-NCPN | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| VVD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PvdA | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| D66 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| ChristenUnie | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| GroenLinks / D66 | - | - | 0 | - |
| Lijst-Leeuw | 1 | - | - | - |
| RPF | 1 | - | - | - |
| total | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th |
Daughters and sons of the city
- Tiemen Groen (* 1946), cyclist, born in Follega
Web links
Commons : Lemsterland - collection of pictures, 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)
