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There are twelve provinces (Dutch: provincies [proːˈvɪnsis] ⓘ or provinciën [proːˈvɪnsijə(n)] ⓘ; sing. provincie [ˌproːˈvɪnsi] ⓘ) of the Netherlands representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local governments, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.
The Dutch word for city is stad (plural: steden). The intermediate category of town does not exist in Dutch, but provinciestad (small city in the province) comes close. Historically, there existed systems of city rights, granted by the territorial lords, which defined the status of a place: a stad or dorp. Cities were self-governing and had ...
This list of cities, towns and villages in the Netherlands by province is a survey of lists by province: List of cities, towns and villages in Drenthe; List of cities, towns and villages in Flevoland; List of cities, towns and villages in Friesland; List of cities, towns and villages in Gelderland; List of cities, towns and villages in Groningen
The United Provinces of the Netherlands, commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. It was a predecessor state of the present-day Netherlands and the first independent Dutch nation state.
Zeeland (Dutch: [ˈzeːlɑnt] ⓘ; Zeelandic: Zeêland [ˈzɪəlɑnt]), historically known in English by the exonym Zealand, is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the southwest of the country, borders North Brabant to the east, South Holland to the north, as well as the country of Belgium to ...
The Seventeen Provinces arose from the Burgundian Netherlands, a number of fiefs held by the House of Valois-Burgundy and inherited by the House of Habsburg in 1482, and held by Habsburg Spain from 1556. Starting in 1512, the Provinces formed the major part of the Burgundian Circle. In 1581, the Seven United Provinces seceded to form the Dutch ...
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.
South Holland (Dutch: Zuid-Holland [ˌzœyt ˈɦɔlɑnt] ⓘ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 [2] and a population density of about 1,410/km 2 (3,700/sq mi), making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas.