Skarsterlân
 flag |
 coat of arms |
| province |
 Fryslân
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| local community |
 De Fryske Marren
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Area - land - water |
216.8 km 2 185.18 km 2 31.62 km 2 |
| Residents | 27,501 (Dec. 31, 2013) |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 58 ' N , 5 ° 47' E |
| height | 2 m NAP |
| prefix | 0513, 0514, 0566 |
| Postcodes | 8461-8544 |
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Skarsterlân ( ) was a municipality in the province of Friesland ( Netherlands ). It had 27,501 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2013).
The administrative center was Joure , the other places in the former municipality are: Akmarijp, Boornzwaag, Broek, Dijken, Doniaga, Goingarijp, Haskerdijken, Haskerhorne, Idskenhuizen, Langweer, Legemeer, Nieuwebrug, Nijehaske, Oldeouwer, Oudehaske, Ouwega, Rohel, Rotstergast, Rotsterhaule, Rottum, Scharsterbrug, Sint Nicolaasga, Sintjohannesga, Snikzwaag, Terkaple, Teroele, Tjerkgaast and Vegelinsoord.
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 . Your seat is still in Joure.
photos
Joure, church in the street
Joure, sign on the Jourer Square in Drolshagen
Haskerhorne, church
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
| Political party | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | |
| FNP | 4th | 4th | 5 | 7th |
| CDA | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th |
| PvdA | 5 | 5 | 7th | 4th |
| VVD | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| ChristenUnie | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| SP | - | - | - | 0 |
| D66 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| RPF / GPV | 1 | - | - | - |
| total | 21st | 21st | 21st | 21st |
Sons and daughters
- Jan Nicolaas Bakhuizen van den Brink (1896–1987), Reformed theologian and church historian
- Joaquim de Lange (1906–1992), Catholic clergyman, prelate of Tefé, born in Sint Nicolaasga
- Auke Zijlstra (* 1964), politician
Web links
- Museum Joure website (Dutch)
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 2006 2010 , accessed on June 15, 2018 (Dutch)