Almelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The modern day Netherlands are divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch), listed below with their capital city: Map of the Netherlands, with provinces and capital cities See also the ranked list of Dutch provinces // Structure A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the... Flag of Overijssel Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... The purpose of this page is to lay out our policies for handling sounds, and give people some useful information for handling sound files. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...

Population centres

• Aadorp
• Almelo
• Bornerbroek
• Mariaparochie

Aadorp is a small town on the northern side of Almelo, Netherlands with a population of about 1500; it has been part of the Almelo community since 2001. ... Mariaparochie () is a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel. ...

The city of Almelo

A town with approximately 72.227 inhabitants in the middle of the rolling countryside of Twente, with the industrial centres of Enschede and Hengelo as close neighbours but also with tourist towns like Ootmarsum, Delden and Markelo only a bicycle ride away. Almelo received city rights in 1394. Within the city limits lies the castle of the Counts of Almelo. City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. ... // Events Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, travels with King Richard II of England to Ireland. ...

At the end of the 19th century textile emerged as a major employer and drew many workers to Almelo. In the 1970's the industry dwindled and most factories were relocated to countries with cheaper labour. Some factories remain in the city centre and are now in use for apartments or offices. Currently, a major employer in Almelo is Urenco Nederland. This is a uranium enrichment plant which produces uranium with ca. 5% U-235, for nuclear reactors. It uses the gas centrifuge method and produces 2.8 MSWU/year. Furthermore, a baked factory, Bolletje, and the regional court are major employers. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Cloth. ... Enriched uranium is uranium whose uranium-235 content has been increased through the process of isotope separation. ... General Name, Symbol, Number uranium, U, 92 Chemical series actinides Group, Period, Block n/a, 7, f Appearance silvery gray metallic; corrodes to a spalling black oxide coat in air Atomic mass 238. ... Uranium-235 is an isotope of uranium that differs from the elements other common isotope, uranium-238, by its ability to cause a rapidly expanding fission chain reaction. ... Core of a small nuclear reactor used for research. ... The gas centrifuge is a hyper-centrifuge used to produce enriched uranium. ... // Enriched uranium is uranium whose uranium-235 content has been increased through the process of isotope separation. ...

Worth seeing is Huize Almelo, a centuries-old castle in the city centre. And the mosaics which decorate the walls of the tunnel close to the trainstation and the mosque.

source: Official Website (almelo.nl)

Famous people from Almelo

Famous people from Almelo include:

• Kea Bouman, 1903 - 1998, woman tennis player; first (and up to now only) Dutch female tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles tournament
• Wubbo Ockels, 1946 - , first Dutch astronaut;
• Berdien Stenberg, 1957 - , musician;
• Herman Finkers, 1954 - , comedian;
• Wilfried Finkers, 1957 - , comedian and brother of Herman;
• Tom Egbers, 1957 - , TV-presenter;
• Henk Jan Smits, 1961 - , manager, scout and producer
• Cunera van Selm, 1964 - , TV-presenter;
• Eddy Zoëy, 1967 - ,TV-Presenter;
• Mari Carmen Oudendijk, 1968 - , TV-presenter;
• Daphne Bunskoek, 1973 - ,TV-presenter;
• Marcel Kuijer, 1974 - , TV-presenter;
• Ilse de Lange, 1977 - , singer.
• Azra Akin, 1981 - , model and Miss World 2002;
• Jeroen Egberink, 1987 - , Famous Dutch Artist

 Twinning == 

Almelo is twinned with: Kornelia Kea Bouman was a female tennis player from the Netherlands. ... Wubbo Ockels Wubbo Johannes Ockels is a Dutch physicist and astronaut. ... Herman Finkers Hermenegildus Felix Victor Maria (Herman) Finkers (born December 9, 1954) is a Dutch comedian from Twente, who became famous because of his dry-witted humour and his ambiguous style of story telling. ... Ilse de Lange (born 13 may 1977 in Almelo, the Netherlands) is a Dutch singer, known under the pseudonym Ilse DeLange. ... Azra Akin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the unrelated concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...

• Iserlohn, Germany.
• Denizli, Turkey.
• Preston, England

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External links

• Official Website
• AlmeloNet.nl
• "Landshap te Almelo" by Marie Vorobieff Marevna (go down to painting No. 2206), or see enlargement without description [1].

Marie Vorobieff-Stebelska (1892 in Russia - 1984 in London), was a notable Cubist painter. ...

Overijssel Province
Almelo | Borne | Dalfsen | Deventer | Dinkelland | Enschede | Haaksbergen | Hardenberg | Hellendoorn | Hengelo | Hof van Twente | Kampen | Losser | Oldenzaal | Olst-Wijhe | Ommen | Raalte | Rijssen-Holten | Staphorst | Steenwijkerland | Tubbergen | Twenterand | Wierden | Zwartewaterland | Zwolle Flag of Overijssel Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. ... Image File history File links Flag_Overijssel. ... Borne is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Dalfsen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Deventer is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel on the east bank of the IJssel river. ... Dinkelland is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Enschede is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, in the Twente region. ... Haaksbergen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Hardenberg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. ... Hellendoorn is a municipality and a town in the centre of the Dutch province of Overijssel. ... This article is about the city in Overijssel, Netherlands. ... Hof van Twente is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Kampen is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Losser is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Oldenzaal is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, near the border with Germany. ... Olst-Wijhe is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, eastern Netherlands. ... Ommen is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Raalte is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Rijssen-Holten is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands, the result of a merger in 2001, but until 2003 just called Rijssen. ... Staphorst is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Steenwijkerland (before 2003 called Steenwijk) is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Tubbergen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Twenterand is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Wierden is a town and a municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. ... Zwartewaterland is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Country: Netherlands Province: Overijssel Coordinates: 52°30′ N 6°5′ E Area - Land - Water 119. ...
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