Leeuwarden

Data as of · Metro Power Rankings

#1049

Global Rank

1.6

Power Score

Emerging Metro

% of Country Score

1.0%


Share

Netherlands • Europe • Language power • Time zone Europe/Amsterdam UTC+1 (CET) (observes summer time)

Population
182K
GDP
$13B
GDP per capita
$73,165
Land area
529 km² (204 mi²)
Density
344/km² (890/mi²)

Primary city Leeuwarden

State / province Friesland

Language Dutch

Leeuwarden metro area

53.20, 5.80
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Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions
World #1Top 5Outside top 5

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Closest profiles across all 16 dimensions

Sports

1 teams

Major League Teams/Venues

Football/Soccer • Netherlands

Cambuur Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden • Level: 1

Against expectation how Leeuwarden’s teams have done against the odds they went in with.
  • Dutch top-flight clubs based here have fallen short of their pre-match odds by 20.0 match points across 306 club-matches since 1992.

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Languages of Leeuwarden

Dutch first in Friesland; 1 languages hold a role.

RoleLanguage
De factoDutch
AdministrativeDutch
NationalDutch
English reach, Friesland
90%
Tier 3 country
Effective working languages
2.91
Rank 3 of 43; 3 working languages in Netherlands

Friesland on the languages board · Language power

Art of Leeuwarden

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2 notable artists born here, most in the 1800s: M. C. Escher, Lawrence Alma-Tadema