Ferwerderadiel

Ferwerderadiel is a former municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. Its official name is West Frisian, the Dutch name is Ferwerderadeel. In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Dongeradeel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland to form the new municipality Noardeast-Fryslân.

Population centres
Bartlehiem, Blije, Burdaard, Ferwert, Ginnum, Hallum, Hegebeintum, Jannum, Jislum, Lichtaard, Marrum, Reitsum, Wânswert, Westernijtsjerk.

Topography


'Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Ferwerderadiel, June 2015

Notable people

 * Saint Frederick of Hallum (ca. 1113 – 1175) a Premonstratensian priest
 * Barthold Douma van Burmania (1695 in Hallum – 1766) a Dutch statesman and ambassador to the court of Vienna
 * Pieter Boeles (1795 in Ferwerd – 1875) a Dutch Minister and linguist
 * Gerardus Heymans (1857 in Ferwert – 1930) a Dutch philosopher, psychologist and academic
 * Watse Cuperus (1891 in Blije – 1966) a Dutch journalist and writer in the West Frisian language
 * Eeltsje Boates Folkertsma (1893 in Ferwert – 1968) a West Frisian language writer
 * Maria Sterk (born 1979 in Hallum) a Dutch marathon speed skater