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Willem Blaeu's 1652 map of Utrecht. Although there is some evidence of earlier inhabitation in the region of Utrecht, dating back to the Stone Age (app. 2200 BCE) and settling in the Bronze Age (app. 1800–800 BCE), [11] the founding date of the city is usually related to the construction of a Roman fortification (), probably built in around 50 CE.
This is a list of towns, cities, and villages in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Name Municipality Coordinates Aan de Zuwe: De Ronde Venen
The city of Utrecht and the surrounding cities, villages, and townships form an agglomeration in the middle of The Netherlands. It is located entirely in the province of Utrecht , and is the eastern part of so-called North Wing the larger Randstad urban area.
Utrecht (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ), officially the Province of Utrecht (Dutch: Provincie Utrecht), is a province of the Netherlands. It is located in the centre of the country, bordering the Eemmeer in the north-east, the province of Gelderland in the east and south-east, the province of South Holland in the west and south-west and the province ...
The Catharijnesingel is a street in, and part of the historic moat in the Dutch city of Utrecht. The Catharijnesingel is the long straight stretch of the harp shaped city moat in the West of the city. The street and canal run from the Ledig Erf and Westerkade to the Smakkelaarsveld and Daalsesingel into which it merges.
W.A.G. Perks, Geschiedenis van de gemeentegrenzen in de provincie Utrecht van 1795 tot 1940 ("History of the municipal boundaries in the province Utrecht from 1795 to 1940"), Provinciale Almanak, 1962; Statistics Netherlands, https://www.cbs.nl; Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
Utrecht is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands . For articles related to the province, see Category:Utrecht (province) .
The Utrecht City Council decided to divide it into two districts, namely the Vleuten-De Meern district and the Leidsche Rijn district. Despite this division, the aforementioned neighborhoods are the largest in the municipality of Utrecht in terms of population with approximately 50,000 and 45,000 inhabitants, respectively.