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Brussels was briefly the capital of the Netherlands and the low countries in the 16th and 19th centuries. Brussels was the capital of the Seventeen Provinces (1549–1581).
The countries that comprise the region called the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg) all have comparatively the same toponymy.Place names with Neder, Nieder, Nedre, Nether, Lage(r) or Low(er) (in Germanic languages) and Bas or Inferior (in Romance languages) are in use in low-lying places all over Europe.
Gelderland (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ l d ər l ə n d /, Dutch: [ˈɣɛldərlɑnt] ⓘ), also known as Guelders (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ l d ər z /) [5] in English, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country.
Name Municipality Coordinates Aalst: Buren: Aalst: Zaltbommel: Aalten: Aalten: Aam: Overbetuwe: Achter de Vree: Oldebroek: Achterdrempt: Bronckhorst: Achterhoek: Nijkerk
Amsterdam (/ ˈ æ m s t ər d æ m / AM-stər-dam, UK also / ˌ æ m s t ər ˈ d æ m / AM-stər-DAM, [12] [13] Dutch: [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ⓘ; lit. ' Dam in the Amstel ') [14] is the capital [a] and most populated city of the Netherlands.
's-Hertogenbosch (Dutch: [ˌsɛrtoːɣə(m)ˈbɔs] ⓘ), [b] colloquially known as Den Bosch (pronounced [dɛm ˈbɔs] ⓘ), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth lar
Zwolle (Dutch: ⓘ) is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands.It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality, after Enschede, and has a population of 132,441 as of December 2023.
Map of the Netherlands in Europe Relief map of the Netherlands in Europe. The geography of the European Netherlands is unusual in that much of its land has been reclaimed from the sea and is below sea level, protected by dikes.