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Heerenveen (West Frisian

West Frisian language

West Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside of the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian language and North Frisian language, which are spoken in Germany...
: It Hearrenfean) is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
and a town

Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
in the province of Friesland

Friesland

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the bigger region known as Frisia. In order to distinguish it from the other Frisian regions, it is commonly specified as Westerlauwer Frisia, Westerlauwer Friesland, West Frisia or West Friesland....
(Fryslan), in the north of the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
.

lation as of January 1, 2004:

Heerenveen (29.750), Bontebok

Bontebok, Heerenveen

Bontebok is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 445 citizens ....
(440), De Knipe

De Knipe

De Knijpe is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1496 citizens ....
(1470), Gersloot

Gersloot

Gersloot is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 292 citizens ....
(290), Hoornsterzwaag

Hoornsterzwaag

Hoornsterzwaag is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 832 citizens ....
(890), Jubbega

Jubbega

Jubbega is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 3359 citizens ....
(3270), Katlijk

Katlijk

Katlijk is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 635 citizens ....
(630), Luinjeberd

Luinjeberd

Luinjeberd is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 436 citizens ....
(450), Mildam

Mildam

Mildam is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 724 citizens ....
(740), Nieuwehorne

Nieuwehorne

Nieuwehorne is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1472 citizens ....
(1500), Nieuweschoot

Nieuweschoot

Nieuweschoot is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 145 citizens ....
(140), Oranjewoud

Oranjewoud

Oranjewoud is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1062 citizens ....
(1030), Oudehorne

Oudehorne

Oudehorne is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 865 citizens ....
(850), Oudeschoot

Oudeschoot

Oudeschoot is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1484 citizens ....
(1480), Terband

Terband

Terband is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 298 citizens ....
(290), and Tjalleberd

Tjalleberd

Tjalleberd is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 737 citizens ....
(730).

town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat

Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation biological tissue. Peat forms in wetlands or peatlands, variously called bogs, Moorland, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests....
which was used for fuel, hence the name (heer is "lord", veen is "peat").

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Heerenveen (West Frisian

West Frisian language

Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
and a town

Town

Friesland

Netherlands

Population centres

Population as of January 1, 2004:

Heerenveen (29.750), Bontebok

Bontebok, Heerenveen

Bontebok is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 445 citizens ....
(440), De Knipe

De Knipe

De Knijpe is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1496 citizens ....
(1470), Gersloot

Gersloot

Gersloot is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 292 citizens ....
(290), Hoornsterzwaag

Hoornsterzwaag

Hoornsterzwaag is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 832 citizens ....
(890), Jubbega

Jubbega

Jubbega is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 3359 citizens ....
(3270), Katlijk

Katlijk

Katlijk is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 635 citizens ....
(630), Luinjeberd

Luinjeberd

Luinjeberd is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 436 citizens ....
(450), Mildam

Mildam

Mildam is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 724 citizens ....
(740), Nieuwehorne

Nieuwehorne

Nieuwehorne is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1472 citizens ....
(1500), Nieuweschoot

Nieuweschoot

Nieuweschoot is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 145 citizens ....
(140), Oranjewoud

Oranjewoud

Oranjewoud is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1062 citizens ....
(1030), Oudehorne

Oudehorne

Oudehorne is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 865 citizens ....
(850), Oudeschoot

Oudeschoot

Oudeschoot is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1484 citizens ....
(1480), Terband

Terband

Terband is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 298 citizens ....
(290), and Tjalleberd

Tjalleberd

Tjalleberd is a small village in Heerenveen in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 737 citizens ....
(730).

The town of Heerenveen

History

The town was established in 1551 by three lords as a location for the purpose of digging peat

Peat

Friesland

Transportation

Railway Station: Heerenveen

Heerenveen railway station

Heerenveen is the main railway station in Heerenveen, Netherlands....

Local government

**municipal legislative**
Party	seats	change from 2002
PvdA Labour Party (Netherlands) The Dutch Labour Party , literally "Party of the Labour") is a social democracy political party in the Netherlands. Since the Dutch general election, 2003, the PvdA is the second largest political party in the Netherlands....	12
CDA Christian Democratic Appeal The Christian Democratic Appeal is a Politics of the Netherlands Christian democracy political party. The party is currently the biggest coalition partner in the fourth Balkenende cabinet....	4
VVD People's Party for Freedom and Democracy The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a Politics of the Netherlands Liberalism political party. The VVD is the most vocal supporter of private enterprise in the Netherlands although supportive of the welfare state and is often perceived as a more free market party in contrast to the social liberalism D'66....	4
Leefbaar Heerenveen	2
GroenLinks GreenLeft GroenLinks is a Politics of the Netherlands green party political party.GreenLeft was formed in GreenLeft#before 1989 as a merger of four leftwing political parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party Radicals and the Evangelische Volkspartij....	2
ChristenUnie ChristianUnion The ChristianUnion is a Politics of the Netherlands Christian democracy party of Christian social inspiration. It combines a social conservatism point of view on ethical issues, with more centre left ideas on economic, migration, social and environmental issues....	2
FNP Frisian National Party The Frisian National Party is a Frisian nationalist political party in the Politics of the Netherlands. The FNP only takes part in Frisian politics....	1
SP Socialist Party (Netherlands) The Socialist Party is a Politics of the Netherlands Socialism political party. After the Dutch general election, 2006, the Socialist Party became one of the major parties of the Netherlands with 25 seats of 150, an increase of 16 seats....	0
D66 Democrats 66 Democrats 66 is a Politics of the Netherlands progressivism, Social liberalism and Radicalism #Continental Europe and Latin America democracy political party....	0
Total	27

Sports

Heerenveen is famous for its sporting accomplishments and world class sports accommodations. This includes the Abe Lenstra football stadium

Abe Lenstra Stadion

Abe Lenstra Stadion is a football stadium in Heerenveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for the home matches of Eredivisie club SC Heerenveen....
and the Thialf

Thialf

Thialf is an arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands, primarily used for speedskating and ice hockey. Thialf, named after Thor's servant Thialfi who had to race a giant, opened in 1967 as an outdoor rink....
speed skating

Speed skating

Speed skating or speedskating is a competition form of skating in which the competitors racing each other in travelling a certain distance on skating....
arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators....
which was one of the first indoor 400m ice rinks in the world, and where annually held international events draw large crowds. The town's football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
team, SC Heerenveen

SC Heerenveen

SC Heerenveen is a Netherlands football club currently playing in the Eredivisie....
, plays in the Dutch Premier Division and has been a steady presence in the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup is a association football competition for European club teams, organised by the UEFA. It is the second most important international competition for European football clubs, after the UEFA Champions League....
for 10 years, topped by the team's biggest achievement when they qualified for the UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is a seasonal club Association football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe....
in 2000. In 2006, the "Sportstad" (Sport City) project was completed, which included a gymnastics hall, swimming pool and an extension to the football stadium, all of which are clustered together. The Abe Lenstra stadium is unique because its supporter capacity is larger than the number of inhabitants of the town. One of the few football venues that shares this distinction is Stade Félix Bollaert

Stade Félix Bollaert

Stade F?lix Bollaert is a football stadium in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France, that was built in 1932. It is the home of RC Lens. The stadium's capacity is 41,233 - about 4,000 more than the population of Lens....
in Lens

Lens, Pas-de-Calais

Lens is a Communes of France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France. It is one of France's large Picard languagee cities along with Lille, Valenciennes, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Arras, and Douai....
, France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. Several American football

American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
venues, mostly college football

College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American University, colleges, and United States military academies....
venues, also share this distinction.

Famous people from Heerenveen

Wim Duisenberg
Wim Duisenberg

Willem Frederik Duisenberg, commonly known as Wim Duisenberg, was a Netherlands banker and politician. The first president of the European Central Bank , he was instrumental in the introduction of the euro in twelve European countries in 2002....
Foppe de Haan
Foppe de Haan

Foppe de Haan is a Netherlands football .De Haan is former coach of the Netherlands national under-21 football team , with whom he won the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship....
Jacob de Haan
Jacob de Haan (composer)

Jacob de Haan is a Dutch composer, music arranger, and Conducting. He took piano lessons at an early age, which started his interest in music. He got his musical education at the State Music Academy in Leeuwarden, where he studied trumpet, organ, and school music....
Sven Kramer
Sven Kramer

Sven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the current KNSB Dutch Allround Championships, European Speed Skating Championships for Men, and World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men....
Abe Lenstra
Abe Lenstra

Abe Lenstra was a Netherlands football player and national football icon in the 1950s. He was also a Frisian legend, most notably with the club where he made his name as a football player, SC Heerenveen....
Geert Arend Roorda
Geert Arend Roorda

Geert Arend Roorda is a Netherlands football who currently plays for SC Heerenveen in the Eredivisie....
Falko Zandstra
Falko Zandstra

Falko Zandstra is a former Netherlands Speed skating. Because of his thin legs he was also called de Gespierde Spijker which translates to the Muscular Nail....
Margriet Zegers
Margriet Zegers

Inge Margriet Zegers-De Ruiter is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who captured the golden medal with the Netherlands women's national field hockey team at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
Tjibbe van der Veen

Twin cities

Rishon LeZion

Rishon LeZion , is the List of cities in Israel in Israel, located along the central Israeli Coastal Plain. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area with a population of 224,300 at the end of 2007....
, Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....

Heerenveen

Population centres

The town of Heerenveen

History

Transportation

Local government

Sports

Famous people from Heerenveen

Twin cities

Panorama Heerenveen

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