Skarsterlân is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in the province

Province

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 of Friesland

Friesland

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...

 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. The municipality was created January 1, 1984 by merging the municipalities of Doniawerstal

Doniawerstal

Doniawerstal was a municipality in southwest Friesland, south of Sneek. It consisted mainly of grassland and lakes. Its capital was Langweer. The municipality was dissolved in 1984; part went to Wymbritseradiel and part went to Skarsterlân. At the time of its dissolution it had its Dutch name; in...

 and Haskerland, the part of Utingeradeel consisting of the villages Akmarijp and Terkaple and the village Nieuwebrug

Nieuwebrug (Friesland)

Nieuwebrug is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 150 citizens ....

 that used to belong to Heerenveen

Heerenveen

Heerenveen is a town in the Heerenveen municipality of the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands.- History :The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat which was used for fuel, hence the name...

. The offices of the municipality are located in Joure

Joure

Joure is a town in the Dutch province of Friesland. With 13,000 inhabitants, it is the largest town in the municipality of Skarsterlân.-History:...

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At first, the Dutch

Dutch language

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 name Scharsterland was chosen, but as of March 1, 1985, the West Frisian

West Frisian language

West Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian and North Frisian,...

 name Skarsterlân was adopted and the Dutch name became obsolete.

Population centres

Akmarijp, Boornzwaag

Boornzwaag

Boornzwaag is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 190 citizens . It is located east of Langweer on the south east shore of the lake called Langweerder Wielen...

, Broek

Broek, Friesland

Broek is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 130 citizens ....

, Dijken

Dijken

Dijken is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 70 citizens ....

, Doniaga

Doniaga

Doniaga is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 90 citizens .After the familyname Donia....

, Goingarijp

Goingarijp

Goingarijp is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 227 citizens ....

, Haskerdijken

Haskerdijken

Haskerdijken is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 390 citizens ....

, Haskerhorne

Haskerhorne

Haskerhorne is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 490 citizens ....

, Idskenhuizen

Idskenhuizen

Idskenhuizen is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 420 citizens ....

, Joure

Joure

Joure is a town in the Dutch province of Friesland. With 13,000 inhabitants, it is the largest town in the municipality of Skarsterlân.-History:...

, Langweer

Langweer

Langweer is a small Dutch town in Friesland in the municipality Scharsterland. The town was established in 1256, and has a population of 964 ....

, Legemeer

Legemeer

Legemeer is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 50 citizens ....

, Nieuwebrug

Nieuwebrug

Nieuwebrug is the name of several towns in the Netherlands:* Nieuwebrug in the Haarlemmermeer* Nieuwebrug * Nieuwebrug...

, Nijehaske

Nijehaske

Nijehaske is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 50 citizens ....

, Oldeouwer

Oldeouwer

Oldeouwer is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 80 citizens ....

, Oudehaske

Oudehaske

Oudehaske is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 1940 citizens .Oudehaske is known in traffic engineering circles for the radical innovation in street design pioneered there by Hans Monderman, removing signs and using subtle cues to indicate...

, Ouwster-Nijega

Ouwster-Nijega

Ouwster-Nijega is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 100 citizens ....

, Ouwsterhaule

Ouwsterhaule

Ouwsterhaule is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 300 citizens ....

, Rohel

Rohel

Rohel is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 230 citizens ....

, Rotstergast, Rotsterhaule

Rotsterhaule

Rotsterhaule is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 400 citizens ....

, Rottum

Rottum (Friesland)

Rottum is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 700 citizens ....

, Scharsterbrug

Scharsterbrug

Scharsterbrug is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 710 citizens ....

, Sint Nicolaasga

Sint Nicolaasga

Sint Nicolaasga is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is located in the municipality of Skarsterlân, and has about 3270 inhabitants . Until the municipal reorganisation in 1984 Sint Nicolaasga was part of the former municipality Doniawerstal.- History :The oldest listing of the...

, Sintjohannesga

Sintjohannesga

Sintjohannesga is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 1123 citizens ....

, Snikzwaag

Snikzwaag

Snikzwaag is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 60 citizens ....

, Terkaple

Terkaple

Terkaple is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 220 citizens ....

, Teroele

Teroele

Teroele is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 20 citizens ....

, Tjerkgaast

Tjerkgaast

Tjerkgaast is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 190 citizens ....

 and Vegelinsoord

Vegelinsoord

Vegelinsoord is a small village in Skarsterlân in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 210 citizens ....

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External links

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• Map

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