Municipalities of the Netherlands explained

Municipalities of the Netherlands
Caption:Map of regular municipalities of the Netherlands, as of 1 January 2024
Alt:Map showing the municipal boundaries in the Netherlands in 2024
Category:Municipality
Territory:Kingdom of the Netherlands
Upper Unit:Provinces
Current Number:342 + 3
Number Date:1 January 2024
Type:Regular municipalities (342)
Special municipalities (3)
Government:Municipal council

Since 1 January 2023, there have been 342 regular municipalities[1] (nl|gemeenten) and three special municipalities (nl|bijzondere gemeenten) in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean. Municipalities are the second-level administrative division, or public bodies (nl|openbare lichamen), in the Netherlands and are subdivisions of their respective provinces. Their duties are delegated to them by the central government and they are ruled by a municipal council that is elected every four years. Municipal mergers have reduced the total number of municipalities by two-thirds since the first official boundaries were created in the mid 19th century. Municipalities themselves are informally subdivided into districts and neighbourhoods for administrative and statistical purposes.

These municipalities come in a wide range of sizes, Westervoort is the smallest with a land area of 7.01km2 and Súdwest-Fryslân the largest with a land area of 522.7km2. Schiermonnikoog is both the least populated, with 972 people, and the least densely populated municipality at 23abbr=onNaNabbr=on. Amsterdam has the highest population with 931,298 residents as of January 2024, whereas The Hague is the most densely populated with a density of 6868abbr=onNaNabbr=on.

Municipal status

As a second level administrative division municipalities are the third tier of public administration in the Netherlands after the central government and the provinces.[2] [3] The Netherlands is a decentralized unitary state, which means that the central government is supreme and delegates certain tasks to lower levels of government by law.[4] The different levels do, however, make work agreements, which give municipalities a certain degree of independence in their policy decisions. Municipalities are responsible for a wide variety of public services, which include land-use planning, public housing, management and maintenance of local roads, waste management and social security.[5] After the Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010 three special municipalities (officially public bodies) were formed. These municipalities function the same as regular municipalities and are grouped together as the Caribbean Netherlands and are not part of a province.[6]

The municipalities are governed by both a board of mayor and aldermen and a municipal council. The municipal council, which is titled island council in the special municipalities, is elected every four years.[7] The number of members in the council ranges from nine members for the smallest municipalities to forty-five members for the largest.[8] It is the highest administrative body in the municipality and controls public policy. The executive power lies with the executive board, which consists of a mayor, titled lieutenant governor in the special municipalities, and multiple aldermen, titled island deputies in the special municipalities. The mayor is appointed for six years at a time by the crown and the alderman are elected by the municipal council, typically after each municipal election.[9] The mayor is responsible for public order and is the first in command during emergencies, all other tasks are distributed freely between mayor and aldermen. The exact portfolio for each person differs between each municipality.[10] [11]

Official municipal boundaries were first drawn up in 1832 in the Netherlands after a cadastre was formed. The Municipalities Act of 1851, written by prime minister Thorbecke, led to the disappearance of small municipalities. Throughout the years, less populous municipalities have been merged. They were either added to the larger neighbouring cities or multiple smaller municipalities merged into a larger new municipality with a new name. The number of municipalities reduced from 1,209 in 1850 to 537 in 2000; since 2024 there have been 342 municipalities. During this time, multiple mergers occurred simultaneously in large parts of individual provinces; the municipal boundaries were basically redrawn in these regions.[12] [13] In the 19th and large parts of the 20th century, municipal mergers were forced by the central government. This policy changed in the end of the 20th century; local support for the merger is now a large part of the decision-making process. The larger, merged municipalities are intended to handle an increasing workload because more public services are delegated from higher levels of government to the municipalities. Another reason for municipal mergers is the assumption that larger municipalities are more efficient in performing their tasks than smaller ones.[14]

Municipalities have the right to decentralise themselves and form submunicipalities as an additional level of government. This right and the submunicipalities will cease to exist in the near future to reduce the number of levels of government.[15] Only Amsterdam,[16] where the districts are called nl|[[stadsdelen]], as well as Rotterdam,[17] where the districts are called nl|[[deelgemeenten]], consist of such formal subdivisions. The Hague,[18] Almere,[19] Breda, Eindhoven,[20] Enschede, Groningen,[21] Nijmegen,[22] Tilburg[23] and Utrecht have instituted nl|stadsdelen as well, although they do not have the same legal submunicipal status. For administrative use by municipalities and data collection by Statistics Netherlands all municipalities are subdivided into districts (nl|wijken), which in turn are subdivided into neighbourhoods (nl|buurten).[24] These subdivisions have, in contrast to the submunicipalities, no formal status.

Municipalities

Regular municipalities

Municipality! scope="col"
CBS code[25] ProvincePopulation[26] [27] Population density[28] Land area[29] Map
1680Drenthe94abbr=onNaNabbr=on276.06km2
0358North Holland1656abbr=onNaNabbr=on20.1km2
0197Gelderland283abbr=onNaNabbr=on96.53km2
0059Friesland276abbr=onNaNabbr=on102.21km2
0482South Holland2316abbr=onNaNabbr=on8.77km2
0613South Holland1220abbr=onNaNabbr=on21.67km2
0361North Holland1018abbr=onNaNabbr=on110.31km2
0141Overijssel1106abbr=onNaNabbr=on67.18km2
0034Flevoland1753abbr=onNaNabbr=on129.18km2
0484South Holland913abbr=onNaNabbr=on125.93km2
1723North Brabant112abbr=onNaNabbr=on92.98km2
1959North Brabant292abbr=onNaNabbr=on199.74km2
0060Friesland68abbr=onNaNabbr=on56.59km2
0307Utrecht2590abbr=onNaNabbr=on62.49km2
0362North Holland2311abbr=onNaNabbr=on41.11km2
0363North Holland4950abbr=onNaNabbr=on188.12km2
0200Gelderland495abbr=onNaNabbr=on339.86km2
0202Gelderland1715abbr=onNaNabbr=on97.74km2
0106Drenthe851abbr=onNaNabbr=on81.88km2
0743North Brabant246abbr=onNaNabbr=on70.21km2
0744North Brabant93abbr=onNaNabbr=on76.12km2
0308Utrecht770abbr=onNaNabbr=on32.54km2
0489South Holland2487abbr=onNaNabbr=on19.58km2
0203Gelderland356abbr=onNaNabbr=on175.84km2
0888Limburg770abbr=onNaNabbr=on21.07km2
1954Limburg458abbr=onNaNabbr=on78.3km2
0889Limburg480abbr=onNaNabbr=on27.88km2
1945Gelderland411abbr=onNaNabbr=on86.39km2
1724North Brabant190abbr=onNaNabbr=on101.02km2
0893Limburg127abbr=onNaNabbr=on103.26km2
0373North Holland302abbr=onNaNabbr=on99km2
0748North Brabant872abbr=onNaNabbr=on79.97km2
1859Gelderland170abbr=onNaNabbr=on258.09km2
1721North Brabant363abbr=onNaNabbr=on89.73km2
0753North Brabant921abbr=onNaNabbr=on33.89km2
0209Gelderland613abbr=onNaNabbr=on43.6km2
0375North Holland2336abbr=onNaNabbr=on18.35km2
1728North Brabant279abbr=onNaNabbr=on75.33km2
0376North Holland1149abbr=onNaNabbr=on11.07km2
0377North Holland598abbr=onNaNabbr=on39.77km2
1901South Holland485abbr=onNaNabbr=on75.4km2
0755North Brabant327abbr=onNaNabbr=on34.5km2
1681Drenthe95abbr=onNaNabbr=on274.69km2
0147Overijssel948abbr=onNaNabbr=on25.99km2
0654Zeeland163abbr=onNaNabbr=on141.47km2
0757North Brabant492abbr=onNaNabbr=on69.01km2
0758North Brabant1496abbr=onNaNabbr=on125.69km2
1876Gelderland127abbr=onNaNabbr=on283.53km2
0213Gelderland255abbr=onNaNabbr=on83.63km2
0899Limburg1611abbr=onNaNabbr=on17.24km2
0312Utrecht436abbr=onNaNabbr=on36.93km2
0313Utrecht744abbr=onNaNabbr=on30.39km2
0214Gelderland208abbr=onNaNabbr=on133.6km2
0502South Holland4803abbr=onNaNabbr=on14.14km2
0383North Holland733abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.64km2
0109Drenthe121abbr=onNaNabbr=on296.11km2
1706North Brabant272abbr=onNaNabbr=on76.5km2
0216Gelderland1023abbr=onNaNabbr=on29.27km2
0148Overijssel180abbr=onNaNabbr=on165.02km2
1891Friesland226abbr=onNaNabbr=on84.6km2
0310Utrecht661abbr=onNaNabbr=on66.19km2
1940Friesland148abbr=onNaNabbr=on351.21km2
0736Utrecht460abbr=onNaNabbr=on99.68km2
1690Drenthe110abbr=onNaNabbr=on224.39km2
0503South Holland4835abbr=onNaNabbr=on22.66km2
0400North Holland1251abbr=onNaNabbr=on45.1km2
0762North Brabant284abbr=onNaNabbr=on116.76km2
0150Overijssel792abbr=onNaNabbr=on130.56km2
0384North Holland2760abbr=onNaNabbr=on11.95km2
1980North Holland1455abbr=onNaNabbr=on61.9km2
1774Overijssel152abbr=onNaNabbr=on175.72km2
0221Gelderland959abbr=onNaNabbr=on11.56km2
0222Gelderland754abbr=onNaNabbr=on79.04km2
0766North Brabant927abbr=onNaNabbr=on29.23km2
0505South Holland1574abbr=onNaNabbr=on77.56km2
0498North Holland348abbr=onNaNabbr=on58.88km2
1719North Brabant297abbr=onNaNabbr=on95.05km2
0303Flevoland133abbr=onNaNabbr=on333.6km2
0225Gelderland522abbr=onNaNabbr=on37.52km2
0226Gelderland734abbr=onNaNabbr=on33.88km2
1711Limburg311abbr=onNaNabbr=on103.02km2
0385North Holland680abbr=onNaNabbr=on54.32km2
0228Gelderland388abbr=onNaNabbr=on318.15km2
0317Utrecht314abbr=onNaNabbr=on31.04km2
1979Groningen168abbr=onNaNabbr=on268.07km2
0770North Brabant245abbr=onNaNabbr=on82.47km2
1903Limburg336abbr=onNaNabbr=on77.56km2
0772North Brabant2800abbr=onNaNabbr=on88.02km2
0230Gelderland375abbr=onNaNabbr=on63.82km2
0114Drenthe326abbr=onNaNabbr=on335.33km2
0388North Holland1492abbr=onNaNabbr=on12.66km2
0153Overijssel1149abbr=onNaNabbr=on140.73km2
0232Gelderland212abbr=onNaNabbr=on156.12km2
0233Gelderland325abbr=onNaNabbr=on85.64km2
0777North Brabant818abbr=onNaNabbr=on55.29km2
0779North Brabant829abbr=onNaNabbr=on26.6km2
1771North Brabant1313abbr=onNaNabbr=on31.01km2
1652North Brabant258abbr=onNaNabbr=on122.07km2
0907Limburg374abbr=onNaNabbr=on47.57km2
0784North Brabant418abbr=onNaNabbr=on65.38km2
1924South Holland198abbr=onNaNabbr=on262.2km2
0664Zeeland429abbr=onNaNabbr=on92.48km2
0785North Brabant566abbr=onNaNabbr=on42.97km2
1942North Holland1457abbr=onNaNabbr=on41.43km2
0512South Holland2066abbr=onNaNabbr=on18.71km2
0513South Holland4592abbr=onNaNabbr=on16.5km2
0014Groningen1314abbr=onNaNabbr=on185.53km2
1729Limburg192abbr=onNaNabbr=on73.18km2
0158Overijssel232abbr=onNaNabbr=on104.78km2
0392North Holland5739abbr=onNaNabbr=on29.21km2
0394North Holland827abbr=onNaNabbr=on197.21km2
1655North Brabant419abbr=onNaNabbr=on74.44km2
0160Overijssel202abbr=onNaNabbr=on312.16km2
0243Gelderland1269abbr=onNaNabbr=on38.92km2
0523South Holland1113abbr=onNaNabbr=on16.86km2
0072Friesland650abbr=onNaNabbr=on24.96km2
0244Gelderland547abbr=onNaNabbr=on23.07km2
0396North Holland1447abbr=onNaNabbr=on27.27km2
0397North Holland3008abbr=onNaNabbr=on9.17km2
0246Gelderland245abbr=onNaNabbr=on78.55km2
0074Friesland273abbr=onNaNabbr=on189.97km2
0917Limburg1948abbr=onNaNabbr=on44.91km2
1658North Brabant162abbr=onNaNabbr=on103.92km2
0399North Holland1300abbr=onNaNabbr=on18.71km2
0163Overijssel263abbr=onNaNabbr=on137.93km2
0794North Brabant1803abbr=onNaNabbr=on53.17km2
0531South Holland3209abbr=onNaNabbr=on10.19km2
0164Overijssel1365abbr=onNaNabbr=on60.84km2
0796North Brabant1468abbr=onNaNabbr=on109.48km2
1966Groningen101abbr=onNaNabbr=on476.74km2
0252Gelderland424abbr=onNaNabbr=on39.73km2
0797North Brabant584abbr=onNaNabbr=on78.86km2
0534South Holland1775abbr=onNaNabbr=on12.86km2
0798North Brabant168abbr=onNaNabbr=on94.87km2
0402North Holland2070abbr=onNaNabbr=on45.61km2
1963South Holland336abbr=onNaNabbr=on268.54km2
1735Overijssel167abbr=onNaNabbr=on212.43km2
1911North Holland138abbr=onNaNabbr=on357.63km2
0118Drenthe444abbr=onNaNabbr=on127.54km2
0405North Holland3713abbr=onNaNabbr=on20.37km2
1507Limburg233abbr=onNaNabbr=on188.67km2
0321Utrecht926abbr=onNaNabbr=on54.9km2
0406North Holland2605abbr=onNaNabbr=on15.81km2
0677Zeeland136abbr=onNaNabbr=on201.26km2
0353Utrecht1591abbr=onNaNabbr=on21.01km2
1884South Holland462abbr=onNaNabbr=on63.13km2
0166Overijssel398abbr=onNaNabbr=on141.23km2
0678Zeeland350abbr=onNaNabbr=on37.13km2
0537South Holland2700abbr=onNaNabbr=on24.81km2
0928Limburg2068abbr=onNaNabbr=on21.91km2
1598North Holland294abbr=onNaNabbr=on80.26km2
0542South Holland3861abbr=onNaNabbr=on7.67km2
1931South Holland390abbr=onNaNabbr=on148.32km2
1659North Brabant420abbr=onNaNabbr=on55.35km2
1982North Brabant269abbr=onNaNabbr=on341.26km2
0882Limburg1510abbr=onNaNabbr=on24.58km2
0415North Holland520abbr=onNaNabbr=on22.44km2
1621South Holland1231abbr=onNaNabbr=on53.27km2
0417North Holland922abbr=onNaNabbr=on12.41km2
0080Friesland542abbr=onNaNabbr=on237.55km2
0546South Holland5954abbr=onNaNabbr=on21.85km2
0547South Holland2413abbr=onNaNabbr=on11.5km2
1916South Holland2399abbr=onNaNabbr=on32.61km2
0995Flevoland367abbr=onNaNabbr=on229km2
1640Limburg222abbr=onNaNabbr=on162.51km2
0327Utrecht541abbr=onNaNabbr=on58.51km2
1705Gelderland764abbr=onNaNabbr=on61.96km2
0553South Holland1494abbr=onNaNabbr=on15.7km2
0262Gelderland161abbr=onNaNabbr=on213.05km2
0809North Brabant478abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.92km2
0331Utrecht195abbr=onNaNabbr=on75.56km2
0168Overijssel237abbr=onNaNabbr=on98.74km2
0263Gelderland398abbr=onNaNabbr=on65.88km2
1641Limburg534abbr=onNaNabbr=on45.7km2
1991North Brabant431abbr=onNaNabbr=on137.33km2
0556South Holland4243abbr=onNaNabbr=on8.44km2
0935Limburg2246abbr=onNaNabbr=on55.79km2
0420North Holland379abbr=onNaNabbr=on121.23km2
0938Limburg695abbr=onNaNabbr=on26.73km2
1948North Brabant458abbr=onNaNabbr=on184km2
0119Drenthe645abbr=onNaNabbr=on55.5km2
0687Zeeland1034abbr=onNaNabbr=on48.38km2
1842South Holland411abbr=onNaNabbr=on47.19km2
1731Drenthe100abbr=onNaNabbr=on340.62km2
1952Groningen221abbr=onNaNabbr=on277.95km2
1709North Brabant239abbr=onNaNabbr=on159.17km2
1978South Holland249abbr=onNaNabbr=on181.57km2
1955Gelderland349abbr=onNaNabbr=on105.7km2
0335Utrecht369abbr=onNaNabbr=on37.58km2
0944Limburg469abbr=onNaNabbr=on17.39km2
1740Gelderland429abbr=onNaNabbr=on59.99km2
0946Limburg175abbr=onNaNabbr=on99.9km2
0356Utrecht2817abbr=onNaNabbr=on23.42km2
0569South Holland376abbr=onNaNabbr=on78.46km2
0267Gelderland654abbr=onNaNabbr=on69.32km2
0268Gelderland3542abbr=onNaNabbr=on52.81km2
1930South Holland1195abbr=onNaNabbr=on73.31km2
1970Friesland121abbr=onNaNabbr=on379.22km2
1695Zeeland92abbr=onNaNabbr=on86km2
1699Drenthe159abbr=onNaNabbr=on199.01km2
0171Flevoland109abbr=onNaNabbr=on458.09km2
0575South Holland784abbr=onNaNabbr=on58.34km2
0820North Brabant720abbr=onNaNabbr=on33.65km2
0302Gelderland226abbr=onNaNabbr=on128.73km2
0579South Holland3557abbr=onNaNabbr=on7.29km2
0823North Brabant189abbr=onNaNabbr=on101.79km2
0824North Brabant411abbr=onNaNabbr=on80.11km2
1895Groningen174abbr=onNaNabbr=on226.57km2
0269Gelderland249abbr=onNaNabbr=on97.66km2
0173Overijssel1475abbr=onNaNabbr=on21.55km2
1773Overijssel166abbr=onNaNabbr=on113.66km2
0175Overijssel106abbr=onNaNabbr=on179.85km2
1586Gelderland273abbr=onNaNabbr=on109.93km2
0826North Brabant811abbr=onNaNabbr=on71.43km2
0085Friesland116abbr=onNaNabbr=on223.3km2
0431North Holland839abbr=onNaNabbr=on11.56km2
0432North Holland294abbr=onNaNabbr=on41.48km2
0086Friesland134abbr=onNaNabbr=on224.4km2
0828North Brabant584abbr=onNaNabbr=on162.01km2
1509Gelderland290abbr=onNaNabbr=on136.07km2
0437North Holland603abbr=onNaNabbr=on23.95km2
0589Utrecht263abbr=onNaNabbr=on38.9km2
1734Gelderland449abbr=onNaNabbr=on109.03km2
0590South Holland3418abbr=onNaNabbr=on9.41km2
1894Limburg286abbr=onNaNabbr=on159.35km2
0765Groningen255abbr=onNaNabbr=on49.04km2
1926South Holland1571abbr=onNaNabbr=on36.87km2
0439North Holland1017abbr=onNaNabbr=on93.61km2
0273Gelderland293abbr=onNaNabbr=on85.21km2
0177Overijssel224abbr=onNaNabbr=on170.97km2
0703Zeeland229abbr=onNaNabbr=on101.76km2
0274Gelderland684abbr=onNaNabbr=on45.96km2
0339Utrecht313abbr=onNaNabbr=on18.39km2
1667North Brabant174abbr=onNaNabbr=on77.81km2
0275Gelderland534abbr=onNaNabbr=on81.77km2
0340Utrecht482abbr=onNaNabbr=on42.02km2
0597South Holland2033abbr=onNaNabbr=on23.48km2
1742Overijssel411abbr=onNaNabbr=on94.12km2
0603South Holland4267abbr=onNaNabbr=on13.98km2
1669Limburg236abbr=onNaNabbr=on88.21km2
0957Limburg1002abbr=onNaNabbr=on60.64km2
1674North Brabant728abbr=onNaNabbr=on106.5km2
0599South Holland3070abbr=onNaNabbr=on218.42km2
0277Gelderland66abbr=onNaNabbr=on27.9km2
0840North Brabant372abbr=onNaNabbr=on64.38km2
0441North Holland284abbr=onNaNabbr=on167.99km2
0279Gelderland750abbr=onNaNabbr=on13.79km2
0606South Holland4596abbr=onNaNabbr=on17.81km2
0088Friesland23abbr=onNaNabbr=on42.93km2
1676Zeeland151abbr=onNaNabbr=on228.6km2
0965Limburg640abbr=onNaNabbr=on16.03km2
0845North Brabant516abbr=onNaNabbr=on58.35km2
1883Limburg1179abbr=onNaNabbr=on78.61km2
0610South Holland2044abbr=onNaNabbr=on12.85km2
1714Zeeland83abbr=onNaNabbr=on278.6km2
0090Friesland484abbr=onNaNabbr=on117.17km2
0342Utrecht1031abbr=onNaNabbr=on46.25km2
0847North Brabant252abbr=onNaNabbr=on80.1km2
0848North Brabant692abbr=onNaNabbr=on25.95km2
0037Groningen272abbr=onNaNabbr=on117.63km2
0180Overijssel132abbr=onNaNabbr=on133.94km2
0532North Holland1534abbr=onNaNabbr=on14.48km2
0851North Brabant167abbr=onNaNabbr=on146.5km2
1708Overijssel158abbr=onNaNabbr=on288.31km2
0971Limburg1183abbr=onNaNabbr=on20.92km2
1904Utrecht686abbr=onNaNabbr=on96.04km2
1900Friesland173abbr=onNaNabbr=on522.7km2
0715Zeeland220abbr=onNaNabbr=on250.13km2
0093Friesland56abbr=onNaNabbr=on87.21km2
0448North Holland85abbr=onNaNabbr=on162.26km2
1525South Holland1358abbr=onNaNabbr=on28.32km2
0518South Holland6868abbr=onNaNabbr=on82.44km2
0716Zeeland183abbr=onNaNabbr=on146.72km2
0281Gelderland1292abbr=onNaNabbr=on32.8km2
0855North Brabant1826abbr=onNaNabbr=on125.89km2
0183Overijssel146abbr=onNaNabbr=on147km2
1700Overijssel321abbr=onNaNabbr=on106.14km2
1730Drenthe243abbr=onNaNabbr=on142.88km2
0737Friesland219abbr=onNaNabbr=on148.63km2
0450North Holland700abbr=onNaNabbr=on19.16km2
0451North Holland1749abbr=onNaNabbr=on18.12km2
0184Flevoland1671abbr=onNaNabbr=on13.14km2
0344Utrecht3991abbr=onNaNabbr=on93.77km2
1581Utrecht383abbr=onNaNabbr=on132.02km2
0981Limburg424abbr=onNaNabbr=on23.89km2
0994Limburg447abbr=onNaNabbr=on36.73km2
0858North Brabant578abbr=onNaNabbr=on54.91km2
0047Groningen362abbr=onNaNabbr=on75.93km2
0345Utrecht3575abbr=onNaNabbr=on19.42km2
0717Zeeland166abbr=onNaNabbr=on132.99km2
0861North Brabant1478abbr=onNaNabbr=on31.68km2
0453North Holland1538abbr=onNaNabbr=on45.03km2
0983Limburg836abbr=onNaNabbr=on124.16km2
0984Limburg274abbr=onNaNabbr=on163.18km2
1961Utrecht422abbr=onNaNabbr=on146.28km2
0622South Holland3270abbr=onNaNabbr=on23.36km2
0096Friesland30abbr=onNaNabbr=on41.84km2
0718Zeeland1321abbr=onNaNabbr=on34.37km2
0986Limburg393abbr=onNaNabbr=on31.51km2
1992South Holland610abbr=onNaNabbr=on121.77km2
0626South Holland2306abbr=onNaNabbr=on11.11km2
0285Gelderland206abbr=onNaNabbr=on122.93km2
0865North Brabant539abbr=onNaNabbr=on60.02km2
1949Friesland164abbr=onNaNabbr=on285.42km2
0866North Brabant804abbr=onNaNabbr=on22.38km2
0867North Brabant779abbr=onNaNabbr=on64.54km2
0627South Holland1225abbr=onNaNabbr=on27.75km2
0289Gelderland1400abbr=onNaNabbr=on30.42km2
0629South Holland530abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.18km2
0852North Holland337abbr=onNaNabbr=on51.99km2
0988Limburg490abbr=onNaNabbr=on104.25km2
1960Gelderland245abbr=onNaNabbr=on215.93km2
0668Gelderland267abbr=onNaNabbr=on76.19km2
1969Groningen179abbr=onNaNabbr=on362.63km2
1701Drenthe72abbr=onNaNabbr=on278.65km2
0293Gelderland2160abbr=onNaNabbr=on7.01km2
1950Groningen96abbr=onNaNabbr=on275.77km2
1783South Holland1436abbr=onNaNabbr=on80.76km2
0098Friesland120abbr=onNaNabbr=on220.2km2
0189Overijssel264abbr=onNaNabbr=on94.6km2
0296Gelderland629abbr=onNaNabbr=on66.04km2
1696North Holland518abbr=onNaNabbr=on47.54km2
0352Utrecht503abbr=onNaNabbr=on47.58km2
0294Gelderland212abbr=onNaNabbr=on138.13km2
0873North Brabant242abbr=onNaNabbr=on91.66km2
0632Utrecht607abbr=onNaNabbr=on88.55km2
0880North Holland430abbr=onNaNabbr=on38.51km2
0351Utrecht401abbr=onNaNabbr=on36.52km2
0479North Holland2189abbr=onNaNabbr=on73.74km2
0297Gelderland386abbr=onNaNabbr=on78.65km2
0473North Holland545abbr=onNaNabbr=on32.08km2
0050Flevoland97abbr=onNaNabbr=on247.11km2
0355Utrecht1374abbr=onNaNabbr=on48.5km2
0299Gelderland486abbr=onNaNabbr=on92.62km2
0637South Holland3730abbr=onNaNabbr=on34.43km2
0638South Holland460abbr=onNaNabbr=on21.16km2
1892South Holland825abbr=onNaNabbr=on57.96km2
0879North Brabant187abbr=onNaNabbr=on120.59km2
0301Gelderland1191abbr=onNaNabbr=on40.92km2
1896Overijssel285abbr=onNaNabbr=on82.36km2
0642South Holland2210abbr=onNaNabbr=on20.31km2
0193Overijssel1203abbr=onNaNabbr=on110.67km2

Special municipalities

See main article: Caribbean Netherlands.

MunicipalityCapitalPopulation[30] [31] Population density[32] Area[33] [34] Map
Kralendijk73abbr=onNaNabbr=on288km2
Oranjestad149abbr=onNaNabbr=on21km2
The Bottom149abbr=onNaNabbr=on13km2

Number of municipalities by province

ProvinceMunicipalities
Drenthe12
Flevoland6
Friesland18
Gelderland51
Groningen10
Limburg31
North Brabant56
North Holland44
Overijssel25
South Holland50
Utrecht26
Zeeland13
Total342

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gemeentelijke herindeling . Municipal reorganisation . nl . 21 December 2022 . Government of the Netherlands . 2 January 2023.
  2. Web site: Central government, provinces, municipalities and water authorities . government.nl . Government of the Netherlands . 3 April 2013.
  3. Book: OECD E-Government Studies: Netherlands 2007. 40. 25 April 2013. 28 May 2007. OECD Publishing. Paris. 978-92-64-03029-9.
  4. Book: A.H.M. Dölle. D.J. Elzinga. J.W.M. Engels. Handboek van het Nederlandse gemeenterecht. nl . Manual of Dutch municipal law . 25 April 2013. 20 September 2004. Kluwer. Alphen aan den Rijn. 978-90-268-4169-9 . Algemene bevoegdheids- en omgangsbepalingen . General power and communication clauses . 143–170.
  5. Web site: Local Government in The Netherlands . Edward . Figee . Jean . Eigeman . Frank . Hilterman . December 2007 . . Drukkerij Excelsior . The Hague . 5 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130606124017/http://www.vng-international.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/publicationsAndTools/Local_Government_in_the_Netherlands.pdf . 6 June 2013 . dead .
  6. Wet openbare lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba . Public bodies act Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba . 345 . Dutch . 10 October 2010 . 5 April 2013.
  7. , Constitution of the Netherlands. Retrieved on 24 April 2013.
  8. Gemeentewet . Municipalities Act . 96 . 8 . Dutch . 14 February 1992 . 8 April 2013.
  9. Gemeentewet . Municipalities Act . 96 . 61.1 and 35.1 . Dutch . 14 February 1992 . 8 April 2013.
  10. Book: A.H.M. Dölle. D.J. Elzinga. J.W.M. Engels. Handboek van het Nederlandse gemeenterecht. nl . Manual of Dutch municipal law . 25 April 2013. 20 September 2004. Kluwer. Alphen aan den Rijn. 978-90-268-4169-9 . De samenstelling van het college . Members of the board. 233–252.
  11. Web site: Municipal government . government.nl . Government of the Netherlands . 8 April 2013.
  12. Book: Ekamper . Peter . van der Erf . Rob . van der Gaag . Nicole . Henkes . Kène . van Imhoff . Evert . van Poppel . Frans . Bevolkingsatlas van Nederland: demografische ontwikkelingen van 1850 tot heden . Population atlas of the Netherlands: demographic developments from 1850 to now . link to PDF . 8 April 2013 . 2003 . Uitgeverij Elmar . Rijswijk . nl . 9038913648 . 21–27 . Provinces and municipalities, 1850-2000 . Chapter: Provincies en gemeenten, 1850-2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120603125231/http://www.nidi.knaw.nl/Pages/NID/24/952.bGFuZz1OTA.html . 3 June 2012 . dead .
  13. Beeckman . Duncan . van der Bie . Ronald . 2005 . Een eeuw gemeentelijke herindelingen . A century of municipal mergers . Bevolkingstrends . 53 . 2 . . Heerlen/Voorburg . nl . 8 April 2013 . 63–64 . 1571-0998 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130529020840/http://www.cbs.nl/NR/rdonlyres/6FAC0F87-D20E-400D-A665-A12B68C013E8/0/2005k2b15p63.pdf . 2013-05-29 . dead .
  14. Web site: Gemeentelijke herindeling . rijksoverheid.nl . 2 July 2010 . Government of the Netherlands . nl . Municipal mergers . 9 April 2013.
  15. Wet van 7 februari 2013 tot wijziging van de Gemeentewet en enige andere wetten in verband met het afschaffen van de bevoegdheid van gemeentebesturen om deelgemeenten in te stellen . Act of 7 February 2013 to change the Municipalities Act and other Act in relation to the dissolution of the power of municipalities to form submunicipalities . 76 . Dutch . 28 February 2013 . 10 April 2013.
  16. Web site: Amsterdam stadsdelen . Gemeente Amsterdam . nl . 5 December 2013.
  17. Web site: Rotterdam deelgemeenten . Gemeente Rotterdam . nl . 5 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203163224/http://www.rotterdam.nl/gemeenterotterdam . 3 December 2013 .
  18. Web site: The Hague stadsdelen . Gemeente The Hague . nl . 5 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211221349/http://www.denhaag.nl/home/bewoners/to/Stadsdelen-9.htm . 11 December 2013 .
  19. Web site: Almere stadsdelen . Gemeente Almere . nl . 5 December 2013.
  20. Web site: Eindhoven stadsdelen . Gemeente Eindhoven . nl . 5 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102042057/http://www.eindhoven.nl/stad/stadsdelen.htm . 2 November 2013 .
  21. Web site: Groningen stadsdelen . Gemeente Groningen . nl . 5 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131211135620/http://gemeente.groningen.nl/hylo_results?hyloq=stadsdeel&page=http%3A%2F%2Fgemeente.groningen.nl%2Fondernemen . 11 December 2013 .
  22. Web site: Nijmegen stadsdelen . Website www.nijmegencity.nl . nl . 5 December 2013.
  23. Web site: Statistische gegevens . Gemeente Tilburg . nl . 12 March 2019.
  24. Web site: Kerncijfers Wijken en Buurten . Methods:Data collection . . nl . Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods . 10 April 2013.
  25. Web site: Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2023 . Municipalities on 1 January 2023 . nl . CBS Classifications . . 3 October 2022 . 3 January 2023.
  26. Population .
  27. Web site: Regionale kerncijfers Nederland . Regional key figures Netherlands . nl . 20 September 2024 . CBS Statline . . 8 November 2024.
  28. Population density .
  29. Land area .
  30. Population
  31. Web site: Population of Dutch Caribbean (1 January); sex, age . . 15 April 2020 . CBS Statline . . 3 November 2020.
  32. The population density is calculated by dividing the population by the area for each special municipality.
  33. Area
  34. Referentiekader Caribisch Nederland met bijlagen . Reference frame Caribbean Netherlands with appendices . nl . 20 February 2012 . IdeeVersa . 25–27 . 29 March 2013 . PDF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130605015334/http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten-en-publicaties/rapporten/2012/02/20/bijlagen-referentiekader-caribisch-nederland.html . 5 June 2013 .

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