Emmen is a municipality and a town in the northeastern 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... Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... 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. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. ...

A prime example of a planned city, Emmen arose from several small farming and peat-harvesting communities which have dotted the province of Drenthe since the Middle Ages. Traces of these communites can still be seen in the form of the villages of Westenesch, Noordbarge and Zuidbarge: they have a separate history and layout, but are surrounded by the suburbs and the centre of Emmen. This article is about political regions. ... Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. ...

The expansion of the town did not happen until after the Second World War. Suburbs were built in a clockwise direction around the old centre of Emmen, starting with Emmermeer directly to the north, and followed by Emmerhout (famed at the time for being built in the forest, quite separate from the town), Angelslo (for which an old village of the same name was demolished), Bargeres, the Rietlanden and Parc Sandur. Cosntruction of the last suburb, called Delftlanden, has only recently begun. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

There are few historic landmarks left within the town, but those few include the church on the market square, where a church has been standing since the Middle Ages, the court of law building, dating from the beginning of the twentieth century and the post office from the same time. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...

Prime econonic booster since the 1980s is the zoo, the Dierenpark Emmen. Begun in the 1930s, it was almost completely redesigned in the 1970s, and is now co-owned by the municipality of Emmen. It attracts over 1.5 million visitors per year. Other important industries include the largest AKZO-Nobel factory in Europe, extensive glasshouse complexes for horticulture, especially in the Klazienaveen-Schoonebeek area. The municipality offers some 38,000 jobs. A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ...

Emmen is the most populous urban area of Drenthe, even though Assen is the province's capital. Its municipality is one of the largest in the Netherlands, although the area outside the town borders of Emmen is rather rural. The only villages of import are Emmercompascuum, Klazienaveen and Schoonebeek. Assen railway station Assen is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. ...

Population

The municpality of Emmen has some 107,000 inhabitants, with 56,000 living in the town Emmen. Compared to some 3,000 inhabitants in the nineteenth century, this illustrates the rapid growth of Emmen in the past 150 years.

Connections

Emmen is served by one train connection with Zwolle, which in turn leads to the rest of the country. In addition, there are regular and frequent bus lines with Groningen, Hoogeveen and Assen, as well as the surrounding countryside, departing from Emmen's two bus terminals. By car, the town is accessible via the N34 from Zwolle to Groningen, the N381 to Drachten and the A37 from Hoogeveen to Meppen in Germany. The nearest airport is Groningen Airport Eelde at a distance of 50 kilometers. Furthermore, there are inland shipping connections via Nieuw-Amsterdam to Coevorden, Hoogeveen and Almelo For other places named Zwolle, see Zwolle (disambiguation). ... Groningen is a municipality and city in the north of the Netherlands, and capital of Groningen province. ... Hoogeveen is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Assen railway station Assen is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. ... The N34 is the coastal road in Belgium connecting Knokke in the east with De Panne in the west, running along the coast line. ... For other places named Zwolle, see Zwolle (disambiguation). ... Groningen is a municipality and city in the north of the Netherlands, and capital of Groningen province. ... Smallingerland is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. ... Hoogeveen is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Groningen Airport Eelde (IATA: GRQ, ICAO: EHGG) is a civilian airport near Eelde, The Netherlands just south of Groningen. ... Coevorden is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Hoogeveen is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Almelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ...

Population centres

Barger-Compascuum, Emmen, Emmercompascuum, Erica, Klazienaveen, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Nieuw-Dordrecht, Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Roswinkel, Schoonebeek, Veenoord, Weiteveen, Zwartemeer Barger-Compascuum is a town in the Dutch munipality of Emmen. ...

External links

• Official Website
• Detailed Falkplan map

Drenthe Province
Aa en Hunze | Assen | Borger-Odoorn | Coevorden | Emmen | Hoogeveen | Meppel | Midden-Drenthe | Noordenveld | Tynaarlo | Westerveld | De Wolden Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. ... Flag of Drenthe (from Dutch Wikipedia) File links The following pages link to this file: Assen Aa en Hunze Borger-Odoorn Coevorden De Wolden Hoogeveen Meppel Midden-Drenthe Noordenveld Tynaarlo Westerveld Template:Province Drenthe Emmen (Netherlands) Categories: Flag images ... Aa en Hunze is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Assen railway station Assen is a municipality and a city in the north eastern Netherlands, capital of the province of Drenthe. ... Borger-Odoorn is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Coevorden is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Hoogeveen is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Meppel is a municipality and a city in the northeast of the Netherlands. ... Midden-Drenthe is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Noordenveld is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Tynaarlo is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. ... Westerveld is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ... De Wolden is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. ...
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