Zwartewaterland is a municipality in the province Overijssel 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. ... Population density by country, 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 is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... Flag of Overijssel Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. ...

Situation; economy

The municipality lies south of Steenwijkerland on the Zwarte Water ( meaning: Black Water). This is an effluent of the IJssel from Zwolle to the Zwarte Meer. This lake was before 1931 a part of the Zuiderzee. The Vecht also flows out into the Zwarte Water. Hasselt lies about 5 km (3 miles) north of Zwolle. Genemuiden and Zwartsluis lie 5 km more northerly, as good as opposite each others, alongside the Zwarte Water. Aquatic sport tourism is of importance to the local economy. Steenwijkerland (before 2003 called Steenwijk) is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Satellite image of the IJssel basin River IJssel, sometimes called Gelderse IJssel (Gelderland IJssel) to avoid confusion with its Holland counterpart, is a 120 km long branch of the Rhine in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel. ... Country: Netherlands Province: Overijssel Coordinates: 52°30′ N 6°5′ E Area - Land - Water 119. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Landsat photo The Zuider Zee (Dutch: Zuiderzee, pronounced ZIGH-der-zee) was a former shallow inlet of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km inland and at most 50 km wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 meters and a coastline... The Vecht (German: Vechte), often called Overijsselse Vecht in the Netherlands to avoid confusion with its Utrecht counterpart, is a river in Germany and the Netherlands. ... Country: Netherlands Province: Overijssel Coordinates: 52°30′ N 6°5′ E Area - Land - Water 119. ...

Hasselt and Zwartsluis have small ports with some industry. Genemuiden is the bigger of the three towns, being home to the majority of Zwartewaterlands population and industry. Zwartewaterland is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Zwartewaterland is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Zwartewaterland is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ...

Population centres

The most important places are printed in bold types.

• Baarlo
• Cellemuiden
• De Velde
• Genemuiden ( population as on 01-01-2007: 9,985)
• Hasselt, Overijssel, Netherlands (pop. 6,963)
• Kamperzeedijk-Oost and Kamperzeedijk-West
• Kievitsnest
• Mastenbroek
• Zwartewatersklooster
• Zwartsluis (pop. 4,810).

Sights

• A small part of the wetland area and National Park "De Wieden" ( see:Steenwijkerland) lies here, immediately north of Zwartsluis
• Genemuiden has a big yacht basin, Zwartsluis a smaller one.
• The centre of Hasselt is picturesque with a town hall built between 1550 and 1615 and several old houses 9 1650-1800).
• The Saint Stephen Church in the centre of Hasselt is interesting. This church, Late Gothic architecture, built in 1466, has frescoes on the ceilings and a remarkable church organ. Every year on Corpus Christi Day a Roman Catholic pilgrimage to Hasselt is held, with a procession. For that purpose a special church was built in 1933.

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External link

• Official Website (Dutch)
• Website Tapijt Museum / Carpet Museum Genemuiden (Dutch)
• News from Genemuiden (Dutch)
• Pictures of Genemuiden (Dutch)
• Regional Tourist Board (Dutch, with summary in German)

Overijssel Province
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