Dantumadeel
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Dantumadeel
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Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Capital	Damwoude
Mayor	A. Aalberts
Area (2006)
- Total	87.49 km² (33.8 sq mi)
- Land	85.78 km² (33.1 sq mi)
- Water	1.72 km² (0.7 sq mi)
Population (1 June 2007)
- Total	19,465
- Density	227/km² (587.9/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Dantumadeel (pronunciation (help·info)) (West Frisian: Dantumadiel) is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Dantumadeel is a rural municipality characterized by agriculture.

Population centres

The Dantumadeel municipality has a total of 19,556 inhabitants (1 January, 2006), who live in in ten different towns (listed below).

Source: Website Dantumadeel municipality

* Including Veenwoudsterwal (Feanwâldsterwâl)

History

The first time Dantumadeel is mentioned was in a document from 1242. In that time Dantumadeel, or Donthmadeil as it was then known, was a part of the Winninghe district, the northern part of Oostergo. The grietenij (municipality) Dantumadeel was lead by a grietman (mayor) who was holding office in Rinsumageest and Dantumawoude. The Dutch Municipalities Act of 1851 (Dutch: Gemeentewet van 1851) abolished the grietenijen, which automatically became gemeenten (municipalities) headed by a mayor.[1]

Persons born in Dantumadeel

• Piet Jongeling (1909-1985), journalist, politician and children's books writer
• Theun de Vries (1907-2005), writer
• Tineke Huizinga (1960), politician
• Syb van der Ploeg (1966), musician and componist

Politics

The Dantumadeel municipal government consists of a municipal council, board of aldermen and the mayor. Arie Aalberts (CDA) is the mayor of Dantumadeel since September 2004.

External links

• Official Website

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