Achtkarspelen
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Achtkarspelen ( 
) is a municipality in the province of Friesland (Netherlands). It has 27,900 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2021).
The administrative center is Buitenpost (location53.25166666676.146666667). The other places in the municipality are: Augustinusga (Lage53.21756.16277777778), Boelenslaan (Lage53.1616666666676.14416666667), Drogeham (Lage53.20138888896.11388888889), Gerkesklooster-Stroobos (Lage53.23888888896.20638888889), Harkema, Kootstertille (Lage53.21222222226.0975), Surhuisterveen (Lage53.1816666666676.17305555556), Surhuizum (Lage53.20444444446.17916666667), Twijzel and Twijzelerheide (Lage53.24222222226.045).
Politics
| Local elections 2018 % 30 20 10 0 26,0 16,4 15,4 13,6 9,8 8,1 5,6 5,0 CDA FNP GBA CU PvdA PVV GL VVD Gains and losses compared to 2014 %p 10 8 6 4 2 0 -2 -4 -6 -8 -10 +3,2 −8,9 +0,4 −3,5 −3,7 +8,1 +5,6 −1,4 CDA FNP GBA CU PvdA PVV GL VVD |
Allocation of seats in the municipal council
The local elections held on March 21, 2018 resulted in the following distribution of seats:
| Party | Seats | |||
| 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | |
| CDA | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| FNP | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Gemeentebelangen Achtkarspelen | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| ChristenUnie | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PvdA | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| PVV | - — | - — | - — | 1 |
| GroenLinks | - — | - — | - — | 1 |
| VVD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Mayor
Since February 7, 2019, Oebele Brouwer (non-party) is the acting mayor of the municipality. His collegium includes the aldermen Jouke Spoelstra (CDA), Max de Haan (Gemeentebelangen Achtkarspelen), Margreet Jonker (ChristenUnie), Harjan Bruining (CDA) and the municipal secretary Jaap Wijma.
Personalities
- Joop Atsma (* 1956 in Surhuisterveen), politician, sports official and member of the First Chamber of the States General
- Mariska Kramer-Postma (* 1974 in Twijzelerheide), long-distance runner, duathlete, triathlete and two-time Ironman winner
- Ronnie Pander (* 1977 in Harkema), soccer player
- Oedo Kuipers (* 1989 in Gerkesklooster-Stroobos), singer and musical performer
