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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.
Name Municipality Coordinates Aalst: Buren: Aalst: Zaltbommel: Aalten: Aalten: Aam: Overbetuwe: Achter de Vree: Oldebroek: Achterdrempt: Bronckhorst: Achterhoek: Nijkerk
www.gelderland.nl 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.
The location of the European Netherlands An enlargeable map of the European Netherlands An enlargeable basic map of the Netherlands, (Caribbean Netherlands inset) An enlargeable topographic map of the Kingdom of the Netherlands An enlargeable satellite image of the European Netherlands Diagram of the organisation of entities in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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 ...
Nederland, Texas, a city in the United States Nederland, Colorado , a town in the United States Nederland, Overijssel , a hamlet in the municipality of Steenwijkerland, Netherlands
The boroughs of Amsterdam (Dutch: stadsdelen; lit. "city parts") are the seven principal subdivisions of the municipality of Amsterdam, Netherlands. [2] Each borough is governed by a directly elected district committee (bestuurscommissie).