Twenterand

Twenterand
Municipality
Windmill in Vriezenveen
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Overijssel
Coordinates:
Country	Netherlands
Province	Overijssel
Established	1 January 2001
Renamed	1 January 2003
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Cornelis Visser (CDA)
Area
• Total	108.14 km2 (41.75 sq mi)
• Land	106.32 km2 (41.05 sq mi)
• Water	1.82 km2 (0.70 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (May 2014)
• Total	33,921
• Density	319/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode	7670–7677, 7680–7683
Area code	0546
Website	www.twenterand.nl

Twenterand [ˈtʋɛntərɑnt] (<phonos file="Nl-Twenterand.ogg">pronunciation</phonos>) is a municipality in the province of Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands. The name means "edge of Twente" as it is situated on the northwestern fringe of the historical region of Twente.

The municipality of Twenterand also had two city halls, because of the merger between the former municipalities of Vriezenveen and Den Ham in 2001. The city hall in Vriezenveen remained. The extended municipality of Vriezenveen is called Twenterand since 2003. The former municipal area of Vriezenveen belongs to the region of Twente and the former municipal area of Den Ham partly to the region of Salland and partly to the region of Twente.

Population centres

• Bruinehaar
• De Pollen
• Den Ham
• Geerdijk
• Kloosterhaar
• Meer
• Vriezenveen
• Vroomshoop
• Weitemanslanden
• Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk
• Westerhoeven

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Twenterand, June 2015

Transportation

• Geerdijk railway station
• Vriezenveen railway station
• Vroomshoop railway station

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website