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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
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) .
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.
1879 - Regional Utrecht State Archives established. [18] 1884 Utrechtsch Museum van Kunstnijverheid (applied arts museum) opens. Population: 74,364. [19] 1892 - Public library established. [10] 1893 - Utrechts Nieuwsblad (newspaper) begins publication. 1894 - Utrecht City Orchestra founded. 1898 - Wilhelminapark (Utrecht) opens.
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.
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.
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