Weststellingwerf (Stellingwarfs: Weststellingwarf or Stellingwarf-Westaende) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands. It is one of the municipalities of Friesland where the spoken language is not West Frisian; instead, Stellingwerfs, a dialect of Dutch Low Saxon, is spoken here.

Population centres

• Blesdijke • Boijl • De Blesse • De Hoeve • Langelille • Munnekeburen • Nijeholtpade • Nijeholtwolde • Nijelamer • Nijetrijne • Noordwolde • Oldeholtpade • Oldeholtwolde • Oldelamer • Oldetrijne • Oosterstreek • Peperga • Scherpenzeel • Slijkenburg • Sonnega • Spanga • Steggerda • Ter Idzard • Vinkega • Wolvega • Zandhuizen A small part of the village Willemsoord lays within Weststellingwerf and Noordwolde-Zuid is also mainly named as a village, but stated by municipality as a hamlet. The other hamlets are: Boekelte, Gracht, Munnekezeel, Overburen, Rijsberkampen, Rode Dorp, Schoterzijl (partially) and Zuid (partially)

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Weststellingwerf, 2013.

Wolvega

Wolvega is the capital city of Weststellingwerf.

Transportation

Railway Station: Wolvega

Notable people

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