Sloten
Sleat | |
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City | |
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 Flag _wapen_1918.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location in the former Gaasterlân-Sleat municipality | |
  Sloten Location in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 52°53′40″N 5°38′43″E / 52.89444°N 5.64528°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Friesland |
| Municipality | De Fryske Marren |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 715 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8556 |
| Telephone area | 0514 |
Sloten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsloːtə(n)]; West Frisian: Sleat) is a historical fortified city within the municipality of De Fryske Marren, in the Dutch province of Friesland. Sloten lies adjacent to the Slotermeer and is situated between the towns of Lemmer and Balk.
Sloten is one of the eleven Frisian cities and was an independent municipality until 1984. Sloten then belonged to the municipality of Gaasterlân-Sleat until 1 January 2014. In 2017, Sloten had 715 inhabitants.[1]