Friesland - NL12

EU regions: Netherlands > NOORD-NEDERLAND > Friesland

indicator	period	value
unemployment rate	2019	3.7
employment rate	2019	78.4
number of inhabitants	2020	649 957
population density	2019	191
life long learning participation	2019	18.7
NEET	2019	5.4
old-age dependency ratio	2020	34.6
gender gap in employment rate	2019	91.33

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Friesland ( FREEZ-lənd, also US: -⁠land, Dutch: [ˈfrislɑnt] (listen); official West Frisian: Fryslân [ˈfrislɔːn] (listen)), historically known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the northern part of the country. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of Flevoland, northeast of North Holland, and south of the Wadden Sea. In 2019, the province had a population of 647,672 and a total area of 5,749 km² (2,220 sq mi).

The capital and seat of the provincial government is the city of Leeuwarden (West Frisian: Ljouwert), a city with 92,146 inhabitants. Since 2017, Arno Brok is the King's Commissioner in the province. A coalition of the Labour Party, the Christian Democratic Appeal, and the Frisian National Party forms the executive branch. The province is divided into 18 municipalities. The area of the province was once part of the ancient, larger region of Frisia. The official languages of Friesland are West Frisian and Dutch.

Toponymy

In 1996 the States of Friesland resolved that the official name of the province should follow the West Frisian spelling rather than the Dutch spelling, resulting in „Friesland" being replaced by „Fryslân".

other: NOORD-NEDERLAND, Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe

neighbours: Flevoland, Drenthe, North Holland, Overijssel, Groningen

subregions: Noord-Friesland, Zuidwest-Friesland, Zuidoost-Friesland

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