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[1] [2] Since the 1983 revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands, Article 32 mentions that "the King shall be sworn in and inaugurated as soon as possible in the capital city, Amsterdam". [3] [4] It is the only reference in the document stating that Amsterdam is the capital. In contrast, The Hague is customarily called the residentie ...
Name Municipality Coordinates Aalst: Buren: Aalst: Zaltbommel: Aalten: Aalten: Aam: Overbetuwe: Achter de Vree: Oldebroek: Achterdrempt: Bronckhorst: Achterhoek: Nijkerk
The fertility rate in the Netherlands is 1.78 children per woman (2018 estimate), [6] which is high compared with many other European countries, but below the rate of 2.1 children per woman required for natural population replacement. [201] The Netherlands has one of the oldest populations in the world, with the average age of 42.7 years. [6]
With a total area of 5,136 km 2 (1,983 sq mi) of which 176 km 2 (68 sq mi) is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by total area. [6] Gelderland shares borders with six other provinces (Flevoland, Limburg, North Brabant, Overijssel, South Holland and Utrecht) and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Before the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), the Low Countries was a patchwork of different polities created by the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648). The Dutch Republic in the north was independent; the Southern Netherlands was split between the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège [2] - the former being part of Habsburg monarchy, while both were part of the Holy Roman ...
The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋkrɛiɡ dɛr ˈneːdərlɑndə(n)] ⓘ; [h], West Frisian: Keninkryk fan de Nederlannen, Papiamento: Reino Hulandes), commonly known simply as the Netherlands, [i] is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands, who functions as head ...
Topographic map of Gouda. Gouda (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣʌudaː] ⓘ) is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands, between Rotterdam and Utrecht, in the province of South Holland.
Dutch Topographic map of Harderwijk (town), March 2014. Harderwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɦɑrdərˈʋɛik] ⓘ; Dutch Low Saxon: Harderwiek) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands.