Flevoland
Topography of the province of Flevoland
Flevoland is the twelfth and youngest province of the Netherlands. It was Ijsselmeerpolders from the public corporation Southern (East and Südflevoland ) and the northwest of the province of Overijssel ( Noordoostpolder ) re-formed on 1 January 1986. Flevoland consists almost exclusively of land that was reclaimed from the IJsselmeer in the 20th century. The east of the province is dominated by agriculture, the West developed with Almere to an extension of the catchment area of Amsterdam. Capital of Flevoland is Lelystad ( originally the name for the Flevostad was provided ).
Geography
The province is on average five meters below sea level and consists of
- The Noordoostpolder, which connects to the base area of the provinces of Overijssel and Friesland,
- The Eastern Flevoland and
- Southern Flevoland.
The eastern and southern Flevoland form an artificial island. In contrast to the Noordoostpolder was left here a narrow strip of water between the mainland and polders. This prevents a lowering of the water table and obtains the previous coastal communities access to water. Flevoland is surrounded by leftover waters, which today form elongated lakes. These remnants of the Zuiderzee in some places only a few meters wide and there are in the nature of channels. These include the Lake Veluwe, the Drontermeer, the Gooi and the Ketelmeer.
History
The name has Flevoland from the Roman name for the Zuiderzee, lacus flevo. Almost the entire area was created by reclamation ( land reclamation ) of parts of the former Zuiderzee in the Zuiderzee Works, a project whose idea goes back to the year 1891.
Exceptions are the former islands of Urk and Schokland surrounded since the " Einpolderungen " from today Noordoostpolder. The province is characterized by wide open spaces and a planned development.
The municipality of Urk initially belonged to the province of North Holland. In 1950 she moved to the province of Overijssel, after the Northeast polder was finished. At that time it was already the formation of a new, twelfth province of the Netherlands, planned under the name of Flevoland, which should provide 300,000 inhabitants habitat. The planned provincial capital should be called Flevostad. The municipality Noordoostpolder was formed in 1962 in the area of the North East Polder. She was initially assigned to the province of Overijssel. However, the resulting future provincial capital in 1967 was named the Lelystad.
The areas on the southern Ijsselmeerpolders belonged initially to the Public corporation Southern Ijsselmeerpolders. By training community, the area of the body corporate was always smaller. The following parishes broke away from the body:
Finally, it was formed with effect from 1 January 1986, the province of Flevoland, to which all communities listed above as of this date.
Population
Flevoland is divided into six municipalities: Lelystad, Almere, Dronten, Noordoostpolder, Urk and Zeewolde. The population was 398 304 (1 January 2013). The average age of the population is below the Dutch average. In 2008, Flevoland, not least because of the strong influx of young families, the region with the highest birth rate in Europe.
Landscape structure
The main part of the area is used for agriculture. In the eastern Flevoland are 25 % non- agricultural area, including the nationally important nature reserve Oostvaardersplassen, Southern Flevoland, the proportion is 50%.
The Southern Flevoland is provided as an alternative space for the densely populated Randstad. Many residents of Almere, the seventh largest city in the Netherlands commute daily on the Hollandse Brug Amsterdam.
And policy communities
The capital Lelystad houses the organs of the province. In 2011 elected county council ( Dutch: Provinciale Staten ), the parties have the following seat numbers:
- VVD 9
- PvdA 6
- PVV 6
- CDA 4
- SP 3
- D66 3
- CU 3
- Groen Links 2
- SGP 1
- 50PLUS 1
- PvdD 1
Commissioner of the Queen is the Social Leen Verbeek, in the College of Staten Gedeputeerde sit representatives of VVD and CDA.
Flevoland includes six municipalities. These are in alphabetical order:
( Inhabitants on 1 January 2013 ) The number of municipalities has not changed since the founding of the province.
Economy
In 2006, was the regional gross domestic product per capita, expressed in purchasing power standards, at 99.9 % of the average of the EU27.
- Lelystad airport
- The province has three hospitals.
- Medium-wave transmitter Flevo, shortwave broadcast Flevo