Twenterand

Twenterand (; Twents: ) is a municipality in the province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands. The name means "edge of Twente" as it is situated on the northwestern fringe of the historical region of Twente.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Twenterand
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: 0044 Vriezenveen.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Windmill in Vriezenveen
Settlement.image_flag: Flag_of_Twenterand.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Twenterand wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 1700 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Twenterand in a municipal map of Overijssel
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Overijssel
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Overijssel#Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Overijssel
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1 January 2001

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Official website

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Officiële website van gemeente Twenterand. Hier vindt u alle informatie, nieuwsberichten en dienstverlening van gemeente Twenterand.

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Wikidata facts

Population: 33699
Area: 108.07
Elevation: 10
Official website: www.twenterand.nl
Image: 0044 Vriezenveen.JPG
Households: 12484

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Commons category: Twenterand
postal code: 7680–7682
inception: 2001-01-01
native label: Twenterand
email address: mailto:[email protected]
phone number: +31546840840

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The municipality of Twenterand also had two city halls, because of the merger between the former municipalities of Vriezenveen and Den Ham in 2001. The city hall in Vriezenveen remained. The extended municipality of Vriezenveen is called Twenterand since 2003. The former municipal area of Vriezenveen belongs to the region of Twente and the former municipal area of Den Ham partly to the region of Salland and partly to the region of Twente.