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When discussing cities, the distinction is sometimes made between the cities in two urban networks. The largest urban network is known as Randstad, including the largest four cities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Of these, 3 have historic city rights: Utrecht from 1122; Amsterdam from 1306; and Rotterdam from 1340.
This list of cities, towns and villages in the Netherlands by province is a survey of lists by province: List of cities, towns and villages in Drenthe;
The Burgundian Netherlands [a] were those parts of the Low Countries ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy during the Burgundian Age between 1384 and 1482. Within their Burgundian State, which itself belonged partly to the Holy Roman Empire and partly to the Kingdom of France, the dukes united these lowlands into a political union that went beyond a personal union as it gained central institutions ...
See also A Aadorp - Aagtdorp - Aagtekerke - Aalbeek - Aalburg - Aalden - Aalsmeer - Aalsmeerderbrug - Aalst, Buren - Aalst, North Brabant - Aalst, Zaltbommel - Aalsum, Friesland - Aalsum, Groningen - Aalten - Aardenburg - Aarlanderveen - Aarle-Rixtel - Aartswoud - Abbega - Abbenbroek - Abbenes - Abcoude - Absdale - Abshoven - Achlum - Achterberg - Achterste Erm - Achterveld - Achthuizen ...
Map of Burgundy. The region of Burgundy is both larger than the old Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy, from the modern Netherlands to the border of Auvergne. Today, Burgundy is made up of the old provinces: Burgundy: Côte-d'Or, Saône-et-Loire, and southern half of Yonne.
There are twelve provinces (Dutch: provincies [proːˈvɪnsis] ⓘ or provinciën [proːˈvɪnsijə(n)] ⓘ; sing. provincie [ˌproːˈvɪnsi] ⓘ) of the Netherlands representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local governments, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.
The Burgundian State [1] (French: État bourguignon [eta buʁɡiɲɔ̃]; Dutch: Bourgondische Rijk [burˈɣɔndisə ˈrɛik]) was a polity ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy from the late 14th to the late 15th centuries, and which ultimately comprised not only the Duchy and County of Burgundy but also the Burgundian Netherlands. The latter ...
Map of the Low Countries in 1477. The Seventeen Provinces originated from the Burgundian Netherlands. The dukes of Burgundy systematically became the lords of different provinces. Mary I of Valois, Duchess of Burgundy was the last of the House of Burgundy.