Find your settlement within its municipality
Friesland contains many officially registered settlements within larger municipalities. You can therefore search below using either a municipality or village name. The population shown in a municipality profile covers its entire administrative area. Preparing an alteration requires records for the individual house: the address, existing plans, photographs of the structure and a sketch of the proposed layout. This keeps the step from regional information to a specific building project clear.
| Characteristic | Number | Reference date or period |
|---|---|---|
| Provincial population | 664,222 | 1 January 2025 |
| Municipalities | 18 | 2026 classification |
| Officially registered settlements | 419 | 1 January 2026 |
| Homes | 312,294 | 1 January 2025 |
| Newly built homes added | 1,342 | 2025 |
| All renovations | Not available in these sources | No estimate |
CBS — population (1 January 2025) · CBS — housing stock and dwelling types (2025) · CBS — officially registered settlements (1 January 2026)
Soil and ground types
Within the boundaries of Friesland, map unit Hn21 covers the largest measured area of soil polygons in this analysis: 19,767 hectares, or 6.1% of the mapped area.
Original Dutch source name:
Veldpodzolgronden; leemarm en zwak lemig fijn zand
| Map code | Dutch soil classification: first unit | Area (ha) | Share of mapped area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hn21 | Veldpodzolgronden; leemarm en zwak lemig fijn zand | 19,767 | 6.1% |
| Mv41C | Kalkarme drechtvaaggronden; zware klei, profielverloop 1 | 11,900 | 3.7% |
| cHn23x | Laarpodzolgronden; lemig fijn zand | 11,802 | 3.6% |
| Hn23x | Veldpodzolgronden; lemig fijn zand | 11,470 | 3.5% |
| gMn83C | Knippige poldervaaggronden; klei, profielverloop 3 | 10,948 | 3.4% |
| Other units | Other mapped soil polygons | 260,091 | 79.8% |
The shares are calculated within the soil polygons on the map, not across all land or all building addresses. For compound map codes, the name of the first unit is shown. The map describes shallow soil; built-up areas are not fully mapped. It does not establish bearing capacity or determine whether piles, pad footings or strip foundations should be used.
Explore subsurface data in BROloket · How the soil map can be used · Method and sources for these area profiles
Read about foundation investigations · Pad footing, pile or strip foundation?
How much renovation takes place?
The CBS tables used here do not provide a complete local renovation count for Friesland. We therefore do not estimate this from population, new homes or a national percentage. These sources also do not establish which type of renovation is most common.