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Dutch people by province and occupation (18 C) People by populated place in the Netherlands by province (13 C) D. People from Drenthe (2 C, 9 P) F. People from ...
The province of Utrecht is the smallest with a total area of 1,560 km 2 (602 sq mi), while Flevoland is the smallest by land area at 1,410 km 2 (544 sq mi). In total about 10,000 people were employed by the provincial administrations in 2018. [2] The provinces of the Netherlands are joined in the Association of Provinces of the Netherlands (IPO
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Dutch people, or descendants of Dutch people, are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in South Africa and the United States. [ 211 ] [ 212 ] The Randstad is the country's largest conurbation located in the west of the country and contains the four largest cities: Amsterdam in the province North Holland , Rotterdam and The Hague in ...
Many Dutch people (Nederlanders) will object to being called Hollanders as a national denominator on much the same grounds as many Welsh or Scots would object to being called English instead of British, [57] as the Holland region only comprises two of the twelve provinces, and 40% of the Dutch citizens.
Drenthe (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east.
In 2007, West Frisian is the native language of 54.3% of the inhabitants of the province of Friesland, followed by Dutch with 34.7%, and speakers of other regional languages, most of these restricted to Friesland, with 9.7%, and in the end other foreign languages with 1.4%. Frisian speakers are traditionally underrepresented in urban areas, and ...
Limburg is one of two Dutch provinces (North Brabant being the other) that has historically been dominated by the Roman Catholic faith. In 2015, 64.5% of the population of Limburg identified as Catholic, while 3.3% identified as Muslim, 2.2% with the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, and 2.1% with other churches or faiths. Over a quarter ...