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* [[Schokland]] and Surroundings (municipality Noordoostpolder) |
* [[Schokland]] and Surroundings (municipality Noordoostpolder) |
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* [[Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal]] (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station), Lemmer (mun. [[Lemsterland]]) |
* [[Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal]] (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station), Lemmer (mun. [[Lemsterland]]) |
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==See also== |
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* [[Noordoostpolder Airport]] |
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Revision as of 15:23, 6 October 2012
Noordoostpolder | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Location of the Noordoostpolder in Flevoland, Netherlands | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Flevoland |
Area (2007) | |
• Total | 596.20 km2 (230.19 sq mi) |
• Land | 460.80 km2 (177.92 sq mi) |
• Water | 135.40 km2 (52.28 sq mi) |
Population (1 June, 2007) | |
• Total | 45,781 |
• Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
Source: CBS, Statline. | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Noordoostpolder (Template:IPA-nl, Template:Lang-en) is a municipality in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Formerly, it was also called Urker Land. Emmeloord is the administrative center, located in the heart of the Noordoostpolder. The municipality has the largest land area in the Netherlands. (Lelystad and Terschelling both technically have more total area, but in both cases it is mostly water area.)
For history see Zuiderzee Works.
Population centres
The population centres are Bant, Creil, Emmeloord, Ens, Espel, Kraggenburg, Luttelgeest, Marknesse, Nagele, Rutten, and Tollebeek.
The former island of Schokland, is now a museum.
The town and former island and of Urk, in the southwest, now surrounded by the Noordoostpolder, is a separate municipality.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Satellite_image_of_Noordoostpolder%2C_Netherlands_%285.78E_52.71N%29.png/200px-Satellite_image_of_Noordoostpolder%2C_Netherlands_%285.78E_52.71N%29.png)
Rail links
There are no railway stations on the Noordoostpolder, but the nearest stations are in Kampen, Steenwijk and Lelystad.
UNESCO World Heritage sites
UNESCO World Heritage sites located in/near the Noordoostpolder:
- Schokland and Surroundings (municipality Noordoostpolder)
- Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station), Lemmer (mun. Lemsterland)