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Heerenveen (The Netherlands)

Fryslân province

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Heerenveen municipality

Number of inhabitants (1 Jan 2003): 42.190; area: 140,16 km². Settlements: Bontebok, De Knipe, Gersloot, Heerenveen (seat), Hoornsterzwaag, Jubbega, Katlijk, Luinjeberd, Mildam, Nieuwehorne, Nieuweschoot, Oranjewoud, Oudehorne, Oudeschoot, Terband, Tjalleberd.
Heerenveen/Hearrenfean is a municipality in southeast Friesland in the Netherlands. It is a rather new municipality (c. 1935), consisting of mergers of several old 'grietenijen' like Aengwirden and Schoterland, parts of Haskerland and since the reorganisation of 1984 of some other municipalities as well.
It is former moorland, which after the peat was dug out became a domain of the Dutch princes. 'Heerenveen' means: moorland of the lord. Nearby is the village of 'Oranjewoud/Oranjewâld', the summer-residence of the princes of Orange. The flag is not known as well as the shirt of the soccerteam of Heerenveen.
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