What is the population of Provincie Friesland?

The population of Provincie Friesland is 649,944.

Where is Provincie Friesland located?

Provincie Friesland is located at latitude 53.1666700 and longitude 5.8333300. It is in Netherlands.

What is the area of Provincie Friesland?

The area of Provincie Friesland is 5748.74 km².

What time zone is Provincie Friesland in?

Provincie Friesland is in the Europe/Amsterdam time zone.

How has the population of Provincie Friesland changed?

The population of Provincie Friesland has increased from 646,317 (2013) to 649,944 (2020), a change of 0.6%.

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Provincie Friesland: province of the Netherlands

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Provincie Friesland at a glance

Provincie Friesland currently has 51 quality-checked populated place pages and 23 county pages linked on MapSof.

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Largest city

Leeuwarden

Population 91,424

Quick Facts about Provincie Friesland

Population	649,944
Country	Netherlands
State	Friesland (Netherlands)
Different from	Q171206
Plate code	B
Area	5748.74 km²
Official name	Fryslân
Continent	Europe
Latitude & Longitude	53.1667,5.8333
Named for	Frisia
Official language	West Frisian, Dutch
Capital	Leeuwarden
Establishment	January 01, 1814 (212 years ago)
Time Zone	UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Local time	07:35:16 (23rd April 2026)

Geography

Provincie Friesland is located at 53°10'0"N 5°49'60"E (53.1666700, 5.8333300). It has 4 neighbors: Provincie Overijssel, Provincie Noord Holland, Provincie Groningen and Provincie Flevoland.

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The largest city of Provincie Friesland is Sneek with a population of 33,855. Other cities include, Franeker population 12,781, Dokkum population 12,365, Workum population 4,105 and IJlst population 3,180. See all Provincie Friesland cities & populated places.

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Provincie Friesland has 4 neighbours.

Provincie Overijssel province of the Netherlands
Provincie Noord-Holland province of the Netherlands
Provincie Groningen province of the Netherlands
Provincie Flevoland province of the Netherlands

Skarsterlân
Leeuwarderadeel
het Bildt
Menameradiel
Nijefurd
Boarnsterhim
Dongeradeel
De Fryske Marren
Gaasterlân-Sleat
Wymbritseradiel
Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland
Noardeast-Fryslân
Franekeradeel
Waadhoeke
Bolsward
Littenseradiel
Ferwerderadiel
Sneek
Wûnseradiel
Lemsterland
Smallingerland
Dantumadiel
Achtkarspelen
Tytsjerksteradiel
Harlingen
Heerenveen
Terschelling
Ooststellingwerf
Vlieland
Ameland
Schiermonnikoog
Leeuwarden
Weststellingwerf
Opsterland
Súdwest-Fryslân

Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
2013	646,317	-	census
2015	647,784	0.23%	census
2020	649,944	0.33%	census

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