Overijssel
Appearance
Overijssel | |
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Anthem: Aan de rand van Hollands gouwen | |
Location of Overijssel in the Netherlands | |
Kintra | Netherlands |
Caipital | Zwolle |
Lairgest ceety | Enschede |
Govrenment | |
• Queen's Commissioner | Andries Heidema (CU) |
Area | |
• Land | 3.327 km2 (1.285 sq mi) |
• Water | 94 km2 (36 sq mi) |
Area rank | 4t |
Population (2006) | |
• Land | 1,113,529 |
• Rank | 7t |
• Density | 330,000/km2 (870,000/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 7t |
ISO 3166 code | NL-OV |
Releegion (2006) | Non-releegious 37% Protestants 29% Catholic 26% Muslim 2% Ithers 6% |
Website | www.overijssel.nl |
Overijssel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌoˑvərˈɛi̯səl] ( listen)) (Dutch Law Saxon: Oaveriessel) is a province o the Netherlands in the central eastren pairt o the Kintra. The region haes a NUTS classification o NL21. The province's name means "Lands athort river IJssel". The caipital ceety o Overijssel is Zwolle an the lairgest ceety is Enschede. The province haes a population o 1,113,529 inhabitants.
External links
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Overijssel Website (in English) Archived 2006-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
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