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Vlieland

Vlieland
Administration
Full nameVlieland
Official nameVlieland
Native nameFlylân
Settlement typeMunicipality
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceFriesland
Geography
Total Area121.9 sq mi (315.79 km2)
Land Area15.4 sq mi (40.01 km2)
Water Area106.5 sq mi (275.78 km2)
Demography
Total Population1135 (1 January, 2007)
Density (pop.)28/km2 (72.5/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)

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Vlieland ( ; ) is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland has only one major town: Oost-Vlieland (West Frisian: East-Flylân). It is the second-least densely populated municipality in the Netherlands (after Schiermonnikoog).

Vlieland is one of the West Frisian Islands, lying in the Wadden Sea. It is the second island from the west in the chain, lying between Texel and Terschelling. Vlieland was named after the Vlie.


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