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Netherlands
The Netherlands (pronounced /ˈnɛðərləndz/ ( listen); Dutch: Nederland, pronounced [ˈneːdərlɑnt] ( listen)) is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the...
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Amsterdam
The Government of Amsterdam is the government of the municipality and city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Most of the inhabitants live in the city of Amsterdam, but the municipality also covers a number of small villages, and other parts of the...
Amsterdam
Amsterdam (pronounced /ˈæmstərdæm/; Dutch [ɑmstərˈdɑm] (help·info)) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. The city, which had a population (including suburbs) of 1...
Area:
- 219 km² (84.6 mi² )
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Delft
Delft ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland (Zuid-Holland), the Netherlands. It is located in between Rotterdam and The Hague. Delft is primarily known for its typically Dutch town centre (with...
Area:
- 24.08 km² (9.297 mi² )
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Eindhoven
Eindhoven ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city located in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams. The Gender was dammed off in the post-war...
Area:
- 88.84 km² (34.3 mi² )
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Friesland
Friesland ( pronunciation (help·info), West Frisian, official: Fryslân, Dutch: Friesland) is a province in the north of the Netherlands.
Up until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its...
Hilversum
Hilversum (help·info) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called "'t Gooi", it is the largest town in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller...
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- 46.24 km² (17.85 mi² )
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Hoek van Holland
The Hook of Holland (Dutch: Hoek van Holland - literally "Cape of Holland"), also known in English as the Hook, is a town in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is situated on the North Sea coast, on the north bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg ship canal...
Limburg
Limburg pronunciation (help·info) (Dutch: (Nederlands) Limburg and Lumburgish: (Hollands) Limburg or Limborg) is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by the...
Maastricht
Maastricht (Dutch (southern) & locally [maːˈstʀɪçt] or Dutch (northern) [maːˈstʁɪχt]( listen); Limburgish (incl. Maastrichtian) Mestreech [məˈstʀeːç]; French Maëstricht (archaic)) is a city and a municipality in the southern part of the Dutch...
Area:
- 60.06 km² (23.19 mi² )
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Nijmegen
Nijmegen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnɛɪmeːɣə(n)] ( listen)) is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, near the German border. It is considered to be the oldest city in the Netherlands and celebrated its 2000th year of existence in...
Area:
- 57.53 km² (22.21 mi² )
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Otterlo
Otterlo (municipality of Ede) is a small village in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands, in or near the Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe.
The Kröller-Müller Museum, named after Helene Kröller-Müller, is situated nearby and has a considerable...
Rotterdam
Rotterdam (pronounced /ˈrɒtərdæm/; Dutch [rɔtərˈdɑm] (help·info); the Latinised adjectival form for the city is Roterodamus) is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The...
Area:
- 319 km² (123 mi² )
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South Holland
South Holland (Dutch: Zuid-Holland (help·info)) is a province situated on the North Sea in the western part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is The Hague and its largest city is Rotterdam.
For more on the history of South Holland in the...
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM) is the Netherlands' main international airport, located 20 minutes (4.9 NM (9.1 km; 5.6 mi)) southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. The airport's official English name,...
The Hague
The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, officially also 's-Gravenhage) is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 485,818 (as of May 31, 2009) (population of agglomeration: 1,011,459 ) and an...
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- 98.2 km² (37.9 mi² )
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Vlaardingen
Vlaardingen ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a town in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is located on the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas/Nieuwe Waterweg river at the confluence with the Oude Maas. On the east the town is separated from Schiedam by...
Area:
- 26.71 km² (10.31 mi² )
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Tilburg
Tilburg ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant. Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout.
Tilburg University is...
Area:
- 119.15 km² (46.004 mi² )
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Flevoland
Flevoland pronunciation (help·info) is a province of the Netherlands. Located in the centre of the country, at the location of the former Zuiderzee, the province was established on January 1, 1986; the twelfth province of the country, with Lelystad...
Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden ( pronunciation (help·info), Stadsfries: Liwwadden, Frisian: Ljouwert) is the capital city of the Dutch province of Friesland. It is situated in the north of the country.
The area has been occupied since the 10th century (although...
Area:
- 84.1 km² (32.5 mi² )
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Leiden
Leiden ( pronunciation (help·info))(in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands and has 118,000 inhabitants. It forms a single urban area with Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp,...
Area:
- 23.16 km² (8.942 mi² )
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Groningen
Groningen pronunciation (help·info) is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen (districts of Leer and Emsland), in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the...
Groningen
Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. With a population of 185,000, it is by far the largest city in the north of the Netherlands. Groningen is a university city, inhabited on average by about 50,000 students...
Area:
- 83.69 km² (32.31 mi² )
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Utrecht
Utrecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʏtrɛxt] ( listen)) is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. It is bordered by the Eemmeer in the north, Gelderland in the east, the river Rhine in the south, South...
Utrecht
Utrecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈytrɛxt] ( listen)) city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern end of the Randstad, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands,...
Area:
- 99.32 km² (38.35 mi² )
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's-Hertogenbosch
's-Hertogenbosch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌshɛrtoːɣənˈbɔs] ( listen), literally "The Duke's Forest") — translated in French as Bois-le-Duc, in German as Herzogenbusch, in Spanish as Bolduque and in Italian as Boscoducale — is a municipality in the...
Area:
- 91.26 km² (35.24 mi² )
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Lelystad
Lelystad ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who...
Area:
- 765.39 km² (295.52 mi² )
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Zeeland
Zeeland ( pronunciation (help·info)), also called Zealand in English and Zeelandic, is a province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands (hence its name, meaning "sea-land") and a...
North Brabant
North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant, pronunciation (help·info)) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River (Maas) in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the...
Arnhem
Arnhem ( pronunciation (help·info)) (South Guelderish: Èrnem) is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St....
Area:
- 101.53 km² (39.201 mi² )
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Drenthe
Drenthe pronunciation (help·info) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. The capital city is Assen. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and Germany ...
Overijssel
Overijssel pronunciation (help·info) (Dutch Low Saxon: Oaveriessel) is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel"....
Gelderland
Gelderland ( pronunciation (help·info), English also Guelders German: Geldern) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have...
Area:
- 4,975 km² (1921 mi² )
North Holland
North Holland (Dutch: Noord-Holland, pronunciation (help·info), West Frisian: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam....
Zwolle
Zwolle is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands, 120 kilometers northeast of Amsterdam. Zwolle has about 115,000 citizens.
Archaeological findings indicate that the area surrounding Zwolle has been inhabited...
Area:
- 119.28 km² (46.054 mi² )
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Zutphen
Zutphen is a city in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It lies some 30 km north-east of Arnhem, on the Eastern bank of the river IJssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. The name Zutphen (first mentioned in the eleventh...
Area:
- 42.84 km² (16.54 mi² )
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Haarlem
Haarlem (help·info), in the past usually Harlem in English, is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is also the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven...
Area:
- 32.12 km² (12.4 mi² )
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Dordrecht
Dordrecht ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, the Netherlands. It is the fourth largest city of the province, having a population of 118,390 in 2008. The municipality covers the entire...
Area:
- 99.45 km² (38.4 mi² )
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Deventer
Deventer is a municipality and city in the Salland region of the Dutch province of Overijssel. Deventer is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality...
Area:
- 134.37 km² (51.881 mi² )
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Terneuzen
Terneuzen ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeelandic Flanders. With over 55,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality of Zeeland....
Area:
- 317.78 km² (122.7 mi² )
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Assen
Assen ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809.
Assen's main claim to fame is the TT Circuit Assen the motorcycle racing circuit,...
Area:
- 83.48 km² (32.23 mi² )
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Ameland
Ameland ( pronunciation (help·info), West Frisian: It Amelân) is a municipality and one of the West Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands. It consists mostly of sand dunes. It is the third major island of the West Frisians. It...
Area:
- 268.5 km² (103.7 mi² )
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Veghel
Veghel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɛɣəl] ( listen)) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands.
Since 1994 Veghel and the neighbouring village of Erp have formed a single municipality.
Veghel is twinned with Goch in Germany.
The first...
Area:
- 78.92 km² (30.47 mi² )
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Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 136,208 inhabitants (January 2008). The...
Area:
- 341.13 km² (131.71 mi² )
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Schiedam
Schiedam ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is part of the Rotterdam metropolitan area.
It is known its historical center with its canals, and the tallest old windmills in...
Area:
- 19.89 km² (7.68 mi² )
America
America is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Horst aan de Maas, and lies about 16 km northwest of Venlo. Its name gives rise to jokingly confusing remarks (but note that the name of the continent is spelled...
Edam
Edam ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a city in the Dutch province of Noord-Holland. Combined with Volendam, Edam forms the municipality of Edam-Volendam. Approximately 7,380 people live in Edam. The whole municipality of Edam-Volendam has 28,492...
Heerenveen
Heerenveen ( pronunciation (help·info), West Frisian: It Hearrenfean) is a municipality and a town in the province of Friesland (Fryslan), in the north of the Netherlands.
Population as of 1 January 2004:
Heerenveen (29.750), Bontebok (440), De...
Area:
- 140.15 km² (54.112 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Enschede
Enschede (help·info), also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The municipality of Enschede consisted of the city of Enschede...
Area:
- 142.75 km² (55.116 mi² )
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Middelburg
Middelburg ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the south-western Netherlands and the capital of the province of Zeeland. It is situated on the peninsula of Walcheren. It has a population of about 46,600.
The city of...
Area:
- 53.05 km² (20.48 mi² )
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Alkmaar
Alkmaar pronunciation (help·info) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. Alkmaar is well-known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination.
The earliest mention...
Area:
- 31.22 km² (12.05 mi² )
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Amersfoort
Amersfoort ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and the second largest city of the province of Utrecht in central Netherlands. The city is growing quickly and has a well-preserved medieval core. Amersfoort is one of the largest railway...
Area:
- 63.78 km² (24.63 mi² )
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Wageningen
Wageningen is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 36,224 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2009), of...
Area:
- 32.35 km² (12.49 mi² )
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Waalwijk
Waalwijk ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands. It is a member of the Langstraat. It has a population of around 50.000 and is located near the motorways A59 and N261. The villages of Capelle, Vrijhoeve...
Area:
- 67.72 km² (26.15 mi² )
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Roosendaal
Roosendaal ( pronunciation (help·info)) is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands. Together with surrounding towns it used to form a municipality named Roosendaal en Nispen. Since 1 January 1997 the municipalities Roosendaal en...
Area:
- 107.21 km² (41.394 mi² )
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Oss
Oss ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of Noord Brabant.
Oss was first mentioned in a letter by Pope Alexander II on 6 May 1069. Oss was granted city rights in 1399 by Hertogin...
Area:
- 104.42 km² (40.317 mi² )
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Helmond
Helmond ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.
First settlements in the area were around 1000, and Helmond was granted city rights in approximately 1232. The centre of...
Area:
- 54.56 km² (21.07 mi² )
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Den Helder
Den Helder ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base.
The...
Area:
- 178.83 km² (69.047 mi² )
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Gouda
Gouda (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣʌuda] ( listen); population 71,797 in 2004) is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Gouda, which was granted city rights in 1272, is famous for its Gouda cheese,...
Area:
- 18.1 km² (6.99 mi² )
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Appingedam
Appingedam ( pronunciation (help·info), Gronings: n Daam) is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands. Appingedam's railway station is Appingedam railway station.
Appingedam, Garreweer, Jukwerd, Laskwerd, Marsum, Oling, Opwierde,...
Area:
- 24.62 km² (9.506 mi² )
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Bedum
Bedum ( pronunciation (help·info), Gronings: Beem) is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by around 10,000 (2005) inhabitants, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns. Bedum is the site of...
Area:
- 44.96 km² (17.36 mi² )
