Haskerland
Haskerland
Haskerlân | |
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Former municipality | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location in Friesland in 1983 | |
| Coordinates: 52°57′05″N 5°50′48″E / 52.951327°N 5.846786°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Friesland |
| Established | 1 October 1816 |
| Dissolved | 1 January 1984 |
| Area | |
• Total | 95.94 km2 (37.04 sq mi) |
| Population (1981) | |
• Total | 15,667 |
| • Density | 163.3/km2 (423/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Haskerland (West Frisian: Haskerlân) is a former municipality in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. The name was originally West Frisian, a compound of haske ('a type of grass') and lân ('land').
The municipality was dissolved on 1 January 1984 into Skarsterlân. In 2014, the municipality of Skarsterlân merged into De Fryske Marren.