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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 ...
Name Municipality Coordinates Aan de Zuwe: De Ronde Venen: Abcoude: De Ronde Venen: Achterberg: Rhenen: Achterbos: De Ronde Venen: Achterdijk: Vijfheerenlanden
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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.
Zeist (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a municipality in the Utrecht province of the Netherlands. Dutch Topographic map of Zeist (municipality), Sept. 2014 Population centers
Oud-Aa is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht (province).It is a part of the municipality of Stichtse Vecht, and lies about 13 km northeast of Woerden.. The hamlet was first mentioned in 1138 as "juxta lacum qui vocatur A" (translation: Next to the lake called A), and refers to the Aa River which is a tributary of the Angstel River.
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.
Achterbos is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the municipality of De Ronde Venen, directly north of Vinkeveen. It was first mentioned in 1575 as Den afterbos, and means forest which is located backwards (far away). [2] Achterbos is not a statistical entity, [3] and the postal authorities have placed it under Vinkeveen ...