Achtkarspelen

Achtkarspelen
Municipality
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Achtkarspelen
Coordinates: 53°15′20.4″N 6°08′37.7″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Fryslân
Government
• Mayor	Oebele Brouwer
Area
• Total	102.2 km2 (39.5 sq mi)
Population  (January 1, 2001)
• Total	28,013
• Density	274.1/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
Postal code(s)	9230–9233, 9280–9289, 9870–9873
Area code(s)	0511, 0512
CIN	0059
Website	Official website

Achtkarspelen is a municipality of Friesland, the Netherlands. In 2016 the municipality had about 28,000 people.