Leeuwarderadeel

Leeuwarderadeel
Leeuwarderadeel; Ljouwerteradiel
	Municipality
	Wind mill in Leeuwarderadeel
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Friesland
	Coordinates: 53°16′N 5°46′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Joop Boertjens (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	41.46 km2 (16.01 sq mi)
• Land	40.91 km2 (15.80 sq mi)
• Water	0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	1 m (3 ft)
Highest elevation	1.7 m (5.6 ft)
Lowest elevation	0.6 m (2.0 ft)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	9050–9057 9071–9072
Area code	0518, 058
Website	www.leeuwarderadeel.nl

Leeuwarderadeel (pronunciation , West Frisian: Ljouwerteradiel) is a former municipality in the northern Netherlands. Its capital was Stiens.

History

On 1 January 2018 it merged with the municipality of Leeuwarden.

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Leeuwarderadeel, June 2015.

The hamlet of Bartlehiem is partially in Leeuwarderadeel partially in Ferwerderadiel and partially in Tytsjerksteradiel.

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"Burgemeester J.R.A. Boertjens" [Mayor J.R.A. Boertjens] (in Dutch). Gemeente Leeuwarderadeel. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Postcodetool for 9051AR". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 19 September 2013.

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