Overijssel
Topography of the province of Overijssel
Overijssel ( listen / i;? Low Saxon Oaveriessel ) is a province in the Netherlands. It lies between the IJsselmeer, the IJssel and the hills of the Veluwe to the west, Drenthe in the north, the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine -Westphalia in the east and the Gelderland Achterhoek (Gelderland province ) in the south. The local dialects are attributed to the Low Saxon ( Low German ).
The province consists of a Geest area which is intersected by rivers and streams. In the middle there are wooded hills of 40 to 70 meters high, in the northwest Polder extend.
Management
The Province of Overijssel comprises 25 municipalities (population on 1 January 2013).
- Almelo ( 72 742 )
- Borne ( 21,772 )
- Dalfsen ( 27,567 )
- Deventer ( 98 526 )
- Spelt country ( 26 047 )
- Enschede ( 158 639 )
- Haaksbergen ( 24,324 )
- Hardenberg ( 59 588 )
- Hellendoorn ( 35 740 )
- Hengelo ( 80 982 )
- Hof van Twente ( 35,238 )
- Kampen ( 50,905 )
- Losser ( 22,547 )
- Oldenzaal ( 32 189 )
- Ommen ( 17,307 )
- Raalte ( 36 479 )
- Rijssen - Holten ( 37 611 )
- Staphorst ( 16,267 )
- Steenwijkerland ( 43 432 )
- Tubbergen ( 21,164 )
- Twenterand ( 33 966 )
- Wierden ( 23,810 )
- Zwartewaterland ( 22,140 )
- Zwolle ( 122 486 )
Geography
In Overijssel, there are two regions: Salland Twente in the West and in the East; the communities Zwartewaterland and Steenwijkerland in the north form the third region, the "head" of Overijssel.
Overijssel is bordered by the IJsselmeer, the IJssel and the hills of the Veluwe in the west of the former moors of Drenthe in the north of the German border in the east and the Gelderland Achterhoek in the south. Up to the northwest, where lakes dominate, the soil is mostly sandy, but is interrupted by small rivers.
The provincial capital is Zwolle. Other major cities are Almelo, Deventer, Enschede and Hengelo.
History
The Province of Overijssel is territorially historically traced to rule Overijssel, to 1528, part of the manor of the Bishop of Utrecht - the Bishopric of Utrecht - Utrecht was and upper pin was called ( the low pin covered the area around Utrecht). In that year, 1528, the area of the upper pin of Bishop Henry of Bavaria was ceded to the Emperor Charles V.. 1580 joined the dominion of the Union of Utrecht and went as a province in the Republic of the United Netherlands.
Economy
In 2006, was the regional gross domestic product per capita, expressed in purchasing power standards, at 113.2 % of the average of the EU27.