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Fryslân

First-level unit, Netherlands: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Map All 12 first-level units
Page GRX-NLD-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO NLD / NLStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
669,015
people (GHSL 2025)
5,730 km²
area
3.8%
of Netherlands
18
units inside

01Kaart

Inside Fryslân

The 18 ADM2 units of Fryslân.

FIG 1 · 18 units inside Fryslân
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Mense · GHSL 2025

669,015

3.8% of Netherlands.

Mense · WorldPop 2025

664,596

-1% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

5,730 km²

117 people per km².

Code

NL-FR

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Laagliggende kussone

359,445

people on land at or below 10 m, 53.7% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

18 units inside Fryslân

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Achtkarspelen – 28,322 28,252 104.11 272 4.2% 21,000
Ameland – 2,811 3,154 267.35 11 0.4% 1,022
Dantumadiel – 14,380 13,929 87.11 165 2.1% 6,973
De Fryske Marren – 55,506 54,921 547.19 101 8.3% 31,343
Harlingen – 16,649 16,402 386.18 43 2.5% 6,997
Heerenveen – 44,545 45,112 196.77 226 6.7% 20,169
Leeuwarden – 126,727 124,362 254.05 499 18.9% 49,075
Noardeast-Fryslân – 49,859 50,018 513.99 97 7.5% 18,683
Ooststellingwerf – 25,948 25,492 225.63 115 3.9% 21,766
Opsterland – 32,530 35,675 226.65 144 4.9% 23,642
Schiermonnikoog – 1,586 1,473 202.62 8 0.2% 1,084
Smallingerland – 59,667 57,609 125.67 475 8.9% 48,086
Súdwest-Fryslân – 94,723 93,965 904.23 105 14.2% 53,497
Terschelling – 4,866 5,253 671.25 7 0.7% 2,366
Tytsjerksteradiel – 37,459 37,300 160.87 233 5.6% 15,789
Vlieland – 797 841 314.54 3 0.1% 86
Waadhoeke – 45,274 42,723 314.5 144 6.8% 18,384
Weststellingwerf – 27,367 28,117 227.67 120 4.1% 19,797
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
534.1 H3 cells
Hawens
1 H3 cells
Lughawens
None at this resolution
Major roads
611.5 H3 cells
Spoorweë
293.1 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
4 H3 cells
05Risiko

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Fryslân publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Netherlands.
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06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Bronne

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NLD ADM1, source: National Georegister, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NLD ADM2, source: National Georegister, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2022
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Lande
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.

Status

The methodology, structure and definitions of The Global Risks Index are a preparatory working draft (2026), circulated for review and comment and not for implementation. No value appears until an edition is released from a governed evidence cut; values then carry intervals, classes, sources and their correction pathway. Simulators run the published methods on numbers you choose and never show a NXS-GRX value.

A country profile reads public evidence about a place. It is not a statement by or about the policy of any government, takes no position on the status of any territory, and does not imply a national programme or participation. Names follow UN M49.

Wat NXS-GRX nie is nie

NXS-GRX is navorsings- en risiko-analise-inligting. Dit is nie 'n krediet- of ESG-gradering nie en gebruik geen graderingskaal nie, nie 'n maatstaf vir finansiële instrumente nie, nie amptelike statistiek nie, nie 'n noodwaarskuwing of amptelike klassifikasie nie, en nie advies nie. Dit mag nie gebruik word om natuurlike persone te evalueer nie. Risikoklasse is bande op 'n gepubliseerde skaal, nooit ranglyste van lande of mense nie.

Pulse-seine en vooruitskouwaarskynlikhede is inligting vir hersiening deur bevoegde owerhede, nooit openbare waarskuwings nie; amptelike waarskuwings kom slegs van gemandateerde owerhede.

Instellings en bronne

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Avis en français

La méthodologie et les définitions du NXS-GRX sont un projet de travail préparatoire (2026). Le NXS-GRX est une information de recherche et d’analyse des risques : ni notation, ni indice de référence financier, ni statistique officielle, ni alerte, ni conseil. Les classes de risque sont des bandes sur une échelle publiée, non des classements.