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Dantumadiel
Municipality
Medieval church of Rinsumageast
Medieval church of Rinsumageast
Flag of Dantumadiel
Flag
 Coat of arms of Dantumadiel
Coat of arms
Position of Dantumadiel in a map of Friesland
Location in Friesland
Country Netherlands
Province Friesland
Government
 • Body Municipal council
Area
 • Total 87.53 km2 (33.80 sq mi)
 • Land 85.41 km2 (32.98 sq mi)
 • Water 2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (May 2014)
 • Total 19,017
 • Density 223/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
9067, 9100–9114, 9269–9272
Area code 0511, 0519, 058
Gem-Dantumadiel-OpenTopo
Dutch Topographic map of Dantumadiel, June 2015

Dantumadiel () is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Dantumadiel is a rural municipality characterized by economic activity and agriculture.

History

The first time Dantumadiel is mentioned was in a document from 1242. At that time Dantumadiel, or Donthmadeil as it was then known, was a part of the Winninghe district, the northern part of Oostergo. The grietenij (municipality) Dantumadiel was led by a grietman (mayor) who was holding office in Rinsumageast and Dantumawâld. The Dutch Municipalities Act of 1851 (Dutch: Gemeentewet van 1851) abolished the grietenijen, which automatically became gemeenten (municipalities) headed by a mayor.[1]

Population centres

The Dantumadiel municipality is composed of 11 towns with a total of 19,030 inhabitants in 2014; the towns and their 2014 populations are listed in the table.

Name Residents
Damwâld 5,640
De Westereen 5,087
Feanwâlden * 3,521
Broeksterwâld 1,168
Rinsumageast 1,139
Wâlterswâld 993
Driezum 974
De Falom 265
Readtsjerk 198
Sibrandahûs 45

Source: Website Dantumadiel municipality

* Including Feanwâldsterwâl

Main sights

  • Damwâld (Dantumawâld and Moarrewâld) and Rinsumageast, are home to medieval churches.
  • The villages Broeksterwâld (Grutte Mûne and De Broekmolen) Rinsumageast and Readtsjerk are home to mills.
  • The Skierstins a medieval fortified house in Feanwâlden.
  • Broeksterwâld GrutteMûne1

    De Grote Molen, Broeksterwâld, built in 1887

  • Schierstins Veenwouden

    The Skierstins

Notable people

Maria Petronella Woesthoven2
Maria Petronella Woesthoven
  • Maria Petronella Woesthoven (1760 in Dantumawoude – 1830) a Dutch poet
  • Tjeerd Pasma (1904 in Rinsumageast – 1944) a Dutch modern pentathlete, competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics
  • Piet Jongeling (1909 in Broeksterwâld – 1985) journalist, politician and children's books writer
  • Theun de Vries (1907 in Feanwâlden – 2005) writer and poet
  • Jannes van der Wal (1956 in Driezum – 1996) a Dutch/Frisian draughts player
  • Syb van der Ploeg (born 1966 in Dokkum) musician and composer
  • Theo Pijper (born 1980 in Dokkum) a Dutch motorcycle speedway rider in the UK
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