Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland

Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland (pronunciation ; West Frisian: Kollumerlân en Nijkrúslân), officially abbreviated as Kollumerland c.a. is a municipality in the Northern Netherlands, located in the province of Friesland. In 2019 it merged with the municipalities of Dongeradeel and Ferwerderadiel to form the new municipality Noardeast-Fryslân.

Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland

Kollumerland c.a.
Municipality
Windmill Rust Roest
Flag
Coat of arms
Location in Friesland
Coordinates: 53°17′N 6°8′E
CountryNetherlands
Province Friesland
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorBearn Bilker (CDA)
Area
 • Total116.35 km2 (44.92 sq mi)
 • Land109.75 km2 (42.37 sq mi)
 • Water6.60 km2 (2.55 sq mi)
Elevation0.9 m (3.0 ft)
Highest elevation
1.6 m (5.2 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
9291–9299, 9851–9853
Area code0511, 0594
Websitewww.kollumerland.nl

Population centres

Augsbuurt, Burum, Kollum, Kollumerpomp, Kollumerzwaag, Munnekezijl, Oudwoude, Triemen, Veenklooster, Warfstermolen, Westergeest and Zwagerbosch.[4]

Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland has a population of 12,775 (1 April 2016, source: CBS).[5]

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, June 2015.

Government

The Burum community houses the satellite ground station of the Nationale SIGINT Organisatie.[6]

gollark: Switches are bloat. Just plug wires in to do what you want.
gollark: So what sort of ideas do you have for this "calculator"?
gollark: I rethought it and I think I might not support block-based HTML but allow a limited subset of inline HTML.
gollark: This is ridiculous. The HTML standard is too complicated and has too many weird edge cases. I'll just make my markdown thing ignore HTML or treat it as normal text.
gollark: Why?

References
  1. "Burgemeester Bearn Bilker" [Mayor Bearn Bilker] (in Dutch). Gemeente Kollumerland c.a. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. "Postcodetool for 9291KB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-06-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "CBS StatLine - Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand". statline.cbs.nl. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  6. "Nationale SIGINT Organisatie." ( Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine) Ministry of Defence. Retrieved on 13 June 2013.


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