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het Bildt is a municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands; its capital is Sint Annaparochie. The population was in. Het Bildt has 15.4km of coastline. Its soil is very fertile and agriculture is a major part of its economy; crops grown include onions, potatoes, and a variety of fruits (mainly apples).Het Bildt was largely settled by Dutch inhabitants from South Holland; as a result, the language generally spoken there is "Bildts", a dialect that mixes Dutch (as spoken in South Holland) with West Frisian; Bildts is usually classified as a dialect of Dutch. All three languages - Bildts, Dutch, and West Frisian - are spoken in the area. Only in Minnertsga (which did not become a part of the municipality of Het Bildt until 1984) West Frisian is the predominant language. Signage in Het Bildt is generally bilingual, with names given in both Dutch and Bildts.The name Het Bildt is formed out of the word "opbilden" which means the silting up of land.Population centresNumber of inhabitants as of 1 January 2004:Source: CBSTopography490pxDutch topographic map of the municipality of Het Bildt, June 2015