Emmeloord is the administrative center of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands. Noordoostpolder is a municipality in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. ... Flevoland is a province of the Netherlands. ...

At the heart of the Noordoostpolder, where the three main drainage canals intersect, is the town of Emmeloord (1943). Emmeloord is in a polder: land reclaimed from the IJsselmeer, which earlier was part of the sea. Planned from the outset to be the first and the only major town of the polder, it is the local governmental and services centre. Ten smaller villages, conceived more as agricultural communities, were planned in a wide circle around Emmeloord, with the distances between them determined to be easily reachable by bicycle. The first settlements were Ens, Marknesse and Kraggenburg (1949), then Bant (1951), then Creil and Rutten (1953), and finally Espel, Tollebeek and Nagele (1956). There is another village called Luttelgeest (located northeast in the Noordoostpolder). From Emmeloord three canals take their water to three pumping stations, the Buma near Lemmer, the Smeenge at Vollenhove and the Vissering on Urk. Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I shall stand fast[1] Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe National animal: Lion Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official languages Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January... Flevoland is a province of the Netherlands. ... Noordoostpolder is a municipality in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Satellite image of Noordoostpolder, Netherlands (595. ... Traditional boat on the IJsselmeer Landsat photo The IJsselmeer (or Lake IJssel) is a shallow lake of some 1250 km² in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland, with an average depth of 5 to 6 m. ... For other uses, see Bicycle (disambiguation). ... ENS may stand for: École Normale Supérieure (elite French grande école) Enhanced Network Selection (for Cingular Wireless) This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Marknesse (52°43′N 5°52′E) is a town in the Dutch province of Flevoland. ... Noordoostpolder is a municipality in the central Netherlands. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Bant (52°46′N 5°45′E) is a town in the Dutch province of Flevoland. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The CREIL (Coherent Raman Effect on Incoherent Light) is a radiation transfer of ordinary incoherent light. ... Rutten (52°48′N 5°42′E) is a town in the Dutch province of Flevoland. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Espel (52°43′N 5°39′E) is a town in the Dutch province of Flevoland. ... Tollebeek (52°41′N 5°41′E) is a town in the Dutch province of Flevoland. ... Nagele (52°39′N 5°44′E) is a town in the Dutch province of Flevoland. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Luttelgeest () is a village in the Dutch province of Flevoland. ... Lemsterland is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. ... Steenwijkerland (before 2003 called Steenwijk) is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Urk is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. ...

Emmeloord was named after an abandoned village on the island of Schokland. Schokland (mun. ...

In the center of Emmeloord there is a watertower called the Poldertoren. The tower is the central point of the Noordoostpolder and could be seen from almost every location in the early years of the Noordoostpolder, when there were no tall trees. In Japan there is a replica of this watertower. The Poldertoren in Emmeloord The Poldertoren is a water tower in the center of Emmeloord, the Netherlands. ...

For history see Zuiderzee Works. The 32 km long Afsluitdijk separates the IJsselmeer from the North Sea, protecting thousands of km² of land. ...

External links

• http://www.emmeloord.info/

Coordinates: 52°42′35″N, 5°45′3″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...