Noardeast-Fryslân
Northeast Friesland
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Location in Friesland | |
| Coordinates: 53°20′N 6°03′E / 53.333°N 6.050°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Friesland |
| Established | 1 January 2019 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Johannes Kramer (FNP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 516.45 km2 (199.40 sq mi) |
| • Land | 377.83 km2 (145.88 sq mi) |
| • Water | 138.62 km2 (53.52 sq mi) |
| Population (January 2019) | |
• Total | 45,181 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | Parts of 9000, 9100, 9200 and 9800 range |
| Area code | 0511, 0518, 0519, 058, 0594 |
| Website | noardeast-fryslan |
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Noardeast-Fryslân (West Frisian pronunciation: [noəˈtɪəst ˈfrislɔ̃ːn]) is a municipality of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It was established 1 January 2019 and consists of the former municipalities of Dongeradeel, Ferwerderadiel and Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, all three of which dissolved on the same day.
The municipality is located in the province of Friesland on the Wadden Sea coast, in the north of the Netherlands. Noardeast-Fryslân is bordered by the municipalities of Waadhoeke, Ameland, Schiermonnikoog, Leeuwarden, Dantumadiel and the province of Groningen. The population in January 2019 was 45,181. It is Friesland's seventh-most populous municipality. The largest population centre (2018 population, 12,576) is Dokkum. The residents speak West Frisian, a Dutch Low Saxon dialect or Dutch.
Part of the municipality are the Engelsmanplaat sandbank and most of the Rif sandbank (which is shared with Schiermonnikoog for a small part).