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Provinces of the Netherlands

Index Provinces of the Netherlands

There are currently twelve provinces of the Netherlands, representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local municipalities, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance. [1]

91 relations: 's-Hertogenbosch, Alkmaar, Amstel, Amsterdam, Antwerp (province), Arnhem, Association of Provinces of the Netherlands, Autonomous administrative division, Batavian Republic, Belgium, Bouches-de-l'Escaut, Bouches-de-l'Yssel, Bouches-de-la-Meuse, Bouches-du-Rhin, Brussels, Cabinet of the Netherlands, Capital of the Netherlands, Caribbean Netherlands, Coats of arms of provinces of the Netherlands, County, County of Flanders, Coup d'état, Delft, Departments of France, Deux-Nèthes, Dommel, Duchy, Duchy of Brabant, Duchy of Limburg, Dutch language, Dutch provincial elections, 2007, Dutch provincial elections, 2011, Dutch provincial elections, 2015, Dutch Republic, East Frisia, Elections in the Netherlands, Ems (river), Ems-Occidental, Ems-Oriental, Essent, European Union, Flags of provinces of the Netherlands, Flevoland, France, Friesland, Frise (department), Gelderland, Generality Lands, Germany, Groningen, ..., Gronings dialect, Gross regional product, Holland, IJssel, ISO 3166-2:NL, King's Commissioner, Kingdom of Holland, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Land reclamation, Leeuwarden, Limburg (Netherlands), List of administrative divisions by country, List of municipalities of the Netherlands, List of political parties in the Netherlands, Meuse, Middelburg, Middle Ages, Netherlands, Province, Provinces of Belgium, Provincial-Executive (Netherlands), Public body (Netherlands), Public utility, Rhine, Scheldt, Senate (Netherlands), South Holland, States-Provincial, Statistics Netherlands, Texel, The Hague, Unitary state, United Kingdom of the Netherlands, Utrecht, Utrecht (province), Vehicle Excise Duty, Yssel-Supérieur, Zeeland, Zuiderzee, Zuyderzée, Zwolle. Expand index (41 more) »

's-Hertogenbosch

's-Hertogenbosch (literally "The Duke's Forest" in English, and historically in French: Bois-le-Duc), colloquially known as Den Bosch (literally "The Forest" in English), is a city and municipality in the Southern Netherlands with a population of 152,968.

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Alkmaar

Alkmaar is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland.

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Amstel

The Amstel is a river in the Netherlands which flows from Nieuwveen, South Holland to Amsterdam, North Holland.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Antwerp (province)

Antwerp (Antwerpen) is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium.

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Arnhem

Arnhem (or; Arnheim, Frisian: Arnhim, South Guelderish: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

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Association of Provinces of the Netherlands

The Association of Provinces of the Netherlands (Interprovinciaal Overleg; IPO) is the association of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands.

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Autonomous administrative division

An autonomous administrative division (also referred to as an autonomous area, entity, unit, region, subdivision, or territory) is a subdivision or dependent territory of a country that has a degree of self-governance, or autonomy, from an external authority.

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Batavian Republic

The Batavian Republic (Bataafse Republiek; République Batave) was the successor of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Bouches-de-l'Escaut

Bouches-de-l'Escaut ("Mouths of the Scheldt") was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands.

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Bouches-de-l'Yssel

Bouches-de-l'Yssel ("Mouths of the IJssel") was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands.

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Bouches-de-la-Meuse

Bouches-de-la-Meuse ("Mouths of the Meuse";, Monden van de Maas) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands.

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Bouches-du-Rhin

Bouches-du-Rhin ("Mouths of the Rhine") was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Cabinet of the Netherlands

The cabinet of the Netherlands (Nederlandse kabinet) is the main executive body of the Netherlands.

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Capital of the Netherlands

According to the Dutch constitution, Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, although the parliament and the Dutch government have been situated in The Hague since 1588, along with the Supreme Court and the Council of State.

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Caribbean Netherlands

The Caribbean Netherlands (Caribisch Nederland) are the three special municipalities of the Netherlands that are located in the Caribbean Sea.

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Coats of arms of provinces of the Netherlands

The coats of arms of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands are shown here.

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County

A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes,Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations.

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County of Flanders

The County of Flanders (Graafschap Vlaanderen, Comté de Flandre) was a historic territory in the Low Countries.

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Coup d'état

A coup d'état, also known simply as a coup, a putsch, golpe de estado, or an overthrow, is a type of revolution, where the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus occurs.

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Delft

Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.

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Deux-Nèthes

Deux-Nèthes (Twee Nethen) was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Dommel

The Dommel is a small river in Belgium and the Netherlands, left tributary of the Dieze.

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Duchy

A duchy is a country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess.

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Duchy of Brabant

The Duchy of Brabant was a State of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183.

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Duchy of Limburg

The Duchy of Limburg or Limbourg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Dutch language

The Dutch language is a West Germanic language, spoken by around 23 million people as a first language (including the population of the Netherlands where it is the official language, and about sixty percent of Belgium where it is one of the three official languages) and by another 5 million as a second language.

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Dutch provincial elections, 2007

Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands, on March 7, 2007.

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Dutch provincial elections, 2011

Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 2 March 2011.

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Dutch provincial elections, 2015

Provincial elections were held in the Netherlands on Wednesday 18 March 2015.

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Dutch Republic

The Dutch Republic was a republic that existed from the formal creation of a confederacy in 1581 by several Dutch provinces (which earlier seceded from the Spanish rule) until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.

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East Frisia

East Frisia or Eastern Friesland (Ostfriesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oostfreesland; Oost-Friesland) is a coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony.

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Elections in the Netherlands

Elections in the Netherlands are held for five territorial levels of government: the European Union, the state, the twelve Provinces, the 25 water boards and the 380 municipalities (and the three public bodies in the Caribbean Netherlands).

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Ems (river)

The Ems (Ems; Eems) is a river in northwestern Germany.

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Ems-Occidental

Ems-Occidental ("Western Ems) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands and Germany.

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Ems-Oriental

Ems-Oriental ("Eastern Ems") was a department of the First French Empire in present-day Germany.

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Essent

Essent NV, based in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, is an energy company.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Flags of provinces of the Netherlands

This list contains all twelve official flags of provinces of the Netherlands, including the pennons.

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Flevoland

Flevoland is the twelfth and last province of the Netherlands, established on 1 January 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders were merged into one provincial entity.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Friesland

Friesland (official, Fryslân), also historically known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the northern part of the country.

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Frise (department)

Frise was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands.

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Gelderland

Gelderland (also Guelders in English) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country.

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Generality Lands

The Generality Lands, Lands of the Generality or Common Lands (Generaliteitslanden) were about one fifth of the territories of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, that were directly governed by the States-General.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Groningen

Groningen (Gronings: Grunnen) is the main municipality as well as the capital city of the eponymous province in the Netherlands.

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Gronings dialect

Gronings, in the dialect itself called Grunnegs or Grönnegs, is a collective name for some Friso-Saxon dialects spoken in the province of Groningen and around the Groningen border in Drenthe and Friesland.

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Gross regional product

Gross regional product (GRP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a region or subdivision of a country in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time.

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Holland

Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands.

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IJssel

The river IJssel (Iessel(t)), sometimes called Gelderse IJssel ("Gueldern IJssel") to avoid confusion with the Hollandse IJssel, is the branch of the Rhine in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel.

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ISO 3166-2:NL

ISO 3166-2:NL is the entry for the Netherlands in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

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King's Commissioner

The King’s Commissioner (Commissaris van de Koning, abbreviated to CvdK) is the head of a province in the Netherlands.

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Kingdom of Holland

The Kingdom of Holland (Koninkrijk Holland, Royaume de Hollande) was set up by Napoléon Bonaparte as a puppet kingdom for his third brother, Louis Bonaparte, in order to better control the Netherlands.

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Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), commonly known as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with the large majority of its territory in Western Europe and with several small island territories in the Caribbean Sea, in the West Indies islands (Leeward Islands and Lesser Antilles).

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Land reclamation

Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a landfill), is the process of creating new land from ocean, riverbeds, or lake beds.

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Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden (longname), Stadsfries: Liwwadden) is a city and municipality in Friesland in the Netherlands. It is the provincial capital and seat of the States of Friesland. The municipality has a population of 122,293. The region has been continuously inhabited since the 10th century. It came to be known as Leeuwarden in the early 9th century AD and was granted city privileges in 1435. It is the main economic hub of Friesland, situated in a green and water-rich environment. Leeuwarden is a former royal residence and has a historic city center, many historically relevant buildings, and a large shopping center with squares and restaurants. Leeuwarden was awarded the title European Capital of Culture for 2018. The Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Tour), an ice skating tour passing the eleven cities of Friesland, started and finished in Leeuwarden. The following towns and villages within the municipality have populations in excess of 1,000 people: Leeuwarden, Stiens, Grou, Goutum, Wergea, Jirnsum, Reduzum, and Wirdum. The municipality is governed by the mayor Ferd Crone and a coalition of the Labour Party, Christian Democratic Appeal, and GreenLeft.

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Limburg (Netherlands)

Limburg (Dutch and Limburgish: (Nederlands-)Limburg; Limbourg) is the southernmost of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands.

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List of administrative divisions by country

The table below indicates the types and, where known, numbers of administrative divisions used by countries and their major dependent territories.

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List of municipalities of the Netherlands

As of January 2018, there are 380 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten) and 3 public bodies (openbare lichamen), also referred to as special municipalities (bijzondere gemeenten), in the Netherlands.

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List of political parties in the Netherlands

This article lists political parties in the Netherlands, which has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which any one party has little chance of gaining power alone, and parties often work with each other to form coalition governments.

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Meuse

The Meuse (la Meuse; Walloon: Moûze) or Maas (Maas; Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea.

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Middelburg

Middelburg is a city and municipality in the south-western Netherlands serving as the capital of the province of Zeeland.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Province

A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state.

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Provinces of Belgium

The country of Belgium is divided into three regions.

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Provincial-Executive (Netherlands)

The Provincial-Executive (Dutch: Gedeputeerde Staten, GS) is the executive branch of government of a province of the Netherlands.

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Public body (Netherlands)

In the Netherlands, the term public body (a literal translation from the Dutch term openbaar lichaam) is the general denomination for administrative divisions within the Dutch state, such as the central government, a province, a municipality or a water board.

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Public utility

A public utility (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure).

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Rhine

--> The Rhine (Rhenus, Rein, Rhein, le Rhin,, Italiano: Reno, Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and eventually empties into the North Sea.

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Scheldt

The Scheldt (l'Escaut, Escô, Schelde) is a long river in northern France, western Belgium and the southwestern part of the Netherlands.

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Senate (Netherlands)

The Senate (or simply, literally "First Chamber", or sometimes) is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands.

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South Holland

South Holland (Zuid-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of just over 3.6 million as of 2015 and a population density of about, making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas.

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States-Provincial

The States-Provincial (in Dutch: Provinciale Staten, abbreviated PS – commonly known as simply the Staten) is the provincial parliament and legislative assembly in each of the provinces of the Netherlands.

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Statistics Netherlands

Statistics Netherlands, founded in 1899, is a Dutch governmental institution that gathers statistical information about the Netherlands.

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Texel

Texel is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,641 in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands.

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The Hague

The Hague (Den Haag,, short for 's-Gravenhage) is a city on the western coast of the Netherlands and the capital of the province of South Holland.

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Unitary state

A unitary state is a state governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions (sub-national units) exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate.

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United Kingdom of the Netherlands

The United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; Royaume-Uni des Pays-Bas) is the unofficial name given to the Kingdom of the Netherlands as it existed between 1815 and 1839.

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Utrecht

Utrecht is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht.

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Utrecht (province)

Utrecht is a province of the Netherlands.

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Vehicle Excise Duty

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) (also known as "vehicle tax", "car tax" or "road tax", and formerly as a "tax disc") is a tax that is levied as an excise duty and which must be paid for most types of vehicles which are to be used (or parked) on public roads in the United Kingdom.

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Yssel-Supérieur

Yssel-Supérieur ("Upper IJssel") was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands.

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Zeeland

Zeeland (Zeelandic: Zeêland, historical English exonym Zealand) is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands.

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Zuiderzee

The Zuiderzee (old spelling Zuyderzee) was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km (60 miles) inland and at most 50 km (30 miles) wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 metres (13–16 feet) and a coastline of about 300 km (200 miles).

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Zuyderzée

Zuyderzée ("Southern Sea") was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands.

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Zwolle

Zwolle is a city and municipality in the northeastern Netherlands serving as Overijssel's capital.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_the_Netherlands

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