Sloten, Friesland

Sloten Sleat
City
Flag 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 / 52.89444; 5.64528
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]