Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Netherlands: Fryslân


Friesland or Frisia is a province in the northwest of the Netherlands. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of Flevoland, northeast of North Holland, and south of the North Sea. In 2010, the province had a population of 646,000 and a total area of 5,749 km2.

The capital and seat of the provincial government is the city of Leeuwarden, a city with 91,817 inhabitants.The province is divided into 24 municipalities.

The province itself, of which the north western area once was part of the ancient, larger region of Frisia. The official languages of Friesland are West Frisian and Dutch.



Postcard have sticker instead of post stamp.



Thank You Hennie.


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