Frisia
Frisia is a cross-border cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. The region is traditionally inhabited by the Frisians, a West Germanic ethnic group.
Frisia | |
|---|---|
Location of Frisia in the northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany | |
| Largest city | Leeuwarden |
| Regional languages | |
Dialects | |
| Demonym(s) | Frisian |
| Integrated parts of Germany and the Netherlands with varying degrees of autonomy | |
| Area | |
• Narrow sense | 9,378.7 km2 (3,621.1 sq mi) |
• Broad sense | 13,482.7 km2 (5,205.7 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Narrow sense | 1,475,380 (in 2020) |
• Broad sense | 2,678,792 (in 2020) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| UTC+2 (CEST) | |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.