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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.
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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
[edit] 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.
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