Unreferenced date May 2008 History of the Low Countries The SouthernNetherlands lang nl Zuidelijke Nederlanden ... their independence as the Dutch Republic United Provinces after 1581, the southernNetherlands were reconquered by the Spanish general Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma . The SouthernNetherlands passed ... Netherlands as a single kingdom under the House of Orange at the 1815 Congress of Vienna . The Congress first joined the SouthernNetherlands to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands under the House ... 1785 1785 Treaty of Fontainebleau that the SouthernNetherlands would be compensated by the Dutch ... Netherlands, the SouthernNetherlands and the Austrian Nederlans, which on other wikis are two ... controlled by Spain Spanish Netherlands , lang nl Spaanse Nederlanden , 1579 1713 , Austria Austrian Netherlands , lang nl Oostenrijkse Nederlanden , lang de sterreichische Niederlande , 1713 94 ... Luxembourg Belgium Belgian province , and in addition some parts of the Netherlands namely the Duchy of Limburg , now divided between the Dutch province of Limburg Netherlands Limburg and the Belgian ... Northern Netherlands, these allodial title allodial states kept access to the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire until its end. Place in the broader Netherlands As they were very wealthy, the Netherlands in general were a jewel in the ever debt burdened House of Habsburg Habsburg ... Catholic Catholic Spanish monarchy led to a general rebellion of the Netherlands against Spanish ... centuries before, leading to a major rebellion in 1789 1790. The Austrian Netherlands were ultimately ... Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , because it was claimed by both the Netherlands and Prussia . In 1830 the predominantly Roman Catholic southern half became independent as the Kingdom of Belgium the northern ..., but an instrument to that effect was not signed until 1867. The King of the Netherlands was Grand Duke of Luxembourg until 1890, when William III of the Netherlands William III was succeeded by his ... more details
as a buffer zone between the Republic and the SouthernNetherlands . Citation needed date April ...About the country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands Use dmy dates date January 2011 pp move indef Infobox country native name native name nl Nederland icon no Do not change the name, the Netherlands is only part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands which has its own article . conventional long name Netherlands Do not change the name, the Netherlands is only part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands which has its own article . common name the Netherlands image flag Flag of the Netherlands.svg image coat Coat of arms of the Netherlands 02.svg image map EU Netherlands.svg map width 250px map caption ... location map.svg map2 width 250px map caption2 map caption countryprefix the Caribbean Netherlands special ..., br 2.4 Indo people Indonesians , br 2.2 Turks in the Netherlands Turks , br 2 Surinamese people Surinamese ... as capital. The Hague is not the capital of the Netherlands. If you disagree, too bad, for a change ... Parliamentary system parliamentary representative democracy leader title1 Monarchy of the Netherlands Monarch leader name1 Beatrix of the Netherlands Beatrix der Nederlanden leader title2 Prime Minister of the Netherlands Prime Minister small Demissionary cabinet Demissionary small leader name2 Mark Rutte People s Party for Freedom and Democracy VVD leader title3 Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands ... States General of the Netherlands States General upper house Senate of the Netherlands Senate lower house House of Representatives of the Netherlands House of Representatives area rank 135th area magnitude ... estimate rank 61st population census population census year population density km2 expr Data Netherlands poptoday 41526 round 1 population density sq mi expr Data Netherlands poptoday 16033 round ... 2CLP&grp 0&a title Netherlands publisher International Monetary Fund accessdate 20 April 2012 ref ... span style color fc0 medium span currency Euro Netherlands Ref box5 5 , United States dollar ... more details
Wiktionary The name Southern may refer to Education Southern University System , a historically African American public university system in the U.S. state of Louisiana Southern University formal name Southern University and A&M College , the main campus of the system, located in Baton Rouge. When referring to a school in this system, Southern by itself generally refers to this particular campus. Southern University at New Orleans Southern University at Shreveport Southern University Law Center , the system s law school, also in Baton Rouge Southern Adventist University , Collegedale, Tennessee, United States Southern Connecticut State University , New Haven, Connecticut, United States Southern High School disambiguation , various schools Organisations Southern Railway disambiguation , various railways Southern Airways , a defunct airline Southern Air , an airline based in Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. Southern Company , a U.S. electricity corporation Southern Records , an independent record label Southern Television , a now defunct UK television company Southern train operating company , current train operator for some services in Southern England. Surname Caleb Southern , American music producer Edwin Southern , molecular biologist Eileen Southern , American musicologist Jeri Southern , American jazz pianist and singer Keith Southern , English association football player for Blackpool F.C. Richard Southern theatre designer 1903 1989 , British theatre designer R. W. Southern 1912 2001 , British medieval historian Sarah Southern , British businesswoman and former Conservative Party official Steve Southern , Australian professional rugby player Terry Southern , American writer Sports Southern 500 , a NASCAR car race Southern 500 1950 2004 , a former NASCAR race Southern Conference ... NCAA Southern Jaguars , the athletic program of the main campus of Southern University Southern League disambiguation , various sports leagues Geographic locations Southern Ocean , the waters ... more details
Wiktionary Netherlands The Netherlands is a European country with territories in the Caribbean. Netherlands may also mean Kingdom of the Netherlands , consisting of the countries Aruba , Cura ao , Sint Maarten and the Netherlands The geographical region of the Low Countries , roughly covering the modern countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg Various entities in the history of the region Burgundian Netherlands 1384 1477 The Seventeen Provinces 1477 1581 , as inherited by the House of Habsburg Habsburgs from the Burgundians Dutch Republic United Provinces 1581 1794 , which revolted against Habsburg rule and constituted the predecessor of the current Kingdom of the Netherlands country SouthernNetherlands 1581 1795 , which remained under Habsburg rule, roughly corresponding to modern Belgium and Luxemburg, more specifically Spanish Netherlands 1556 1713 SouthernNetherlands Austrian Netherlands 1713 1794 United Kingdom of the Netherlands 1815 1830 uniting the United Provinces and the SouthernNetherlands under Dutch rule. the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands which is in Europe The Netherlands proper until 10 October 2010 Netherlands European Parliament constituency Greater Netherlands , the political aspiration of uniting the Netherlands with the Flemish speaking Flanders . For information about the confusion about the Netherlands, Dutch and Holland, see Netherlands terminology . See also Netherland , a novel by Joseph O Neill Nederland disambiguation Netherlands terminology Category National sports teams of the Netherlands for teams called Netherlands disambig bg br Izelvroio dishe velout ca Pa sos Baixos desambiguaci cs Nizozem da Nederlandene flertydig de Niederlande Begriffskl rung el fr Nederland homonymie it Nederland he nl Nederland doorverwijspagina pl Niderlandy ... more details
distinguish2 Huguenots The Netherlands Huguenots in the Netherlands denoting France French Protestantism Protestant immigrants to the Netherlands. The history and presence of the Walloon people , i.e. French language francophone Belgium Belgians , in the Netherlands goes back to the foundation process of the Dutch state. Even more so, the region now known as Wallonia was part of the historical SouthernNetherlands , a region now divided between the Netherlands , Belgium and the France French Nord Pas de Calais . Walloons in the Meuse Rhine Region However, even after the foundation of the previously mentioned nations cross border migration continued towards the Netherlands. Particularly, this was the case in the border area now of the Netherlands Limburg Netherlands Limburg province , Belgium Limburg Belgium Limburg and Li ge province Li ge provinces and Germany North Rhine Westphalia . In 1840 , 10 years after the independence and incorporation of Wallonia into Belgium , the population of the Limburg Netherlands Dutch Limburgian capital Maastricht comprised 8.6 Belgian born persons with 40 of these persons originating from Wallonia fuelling the competition between the Dutch language Dutch and French language French languages in the city. ref name Cross border mobility in the Li ge Limburg area cite web title Cross border mobility in the Li ge Limburg area in the past and the present 19th 20th centuries . The results of the survey in a historical perspective date 2002 2003 publisher Sociaal Historisch Centrum voor Limburg, Maastricht url http popups.ulg.ac.be federalisme document.php?id 231 author Rutten, W. accessdate 2009 07 25 ref Ethnic groups in the Netherlands Notes reflist Category Dutch people of Belgian descent Category Ethnic groups in the Netherlands Category Walloon diaspora Category History of Wallonia Netherlands stub ... more details
History of the Low Countries Expand Russian date June 2011 Expand Dutch Habsburgse Nederlanden date June 2011 Expand Spanish Pa ses Bajos de los Habsburgo date June 2011 See Timeline of Burgundian and Habsburg acquisitions in the Low Countries Upon the death of Mary of Burgundy in 1482, her substantial Burgundian possessions passed to her son, Philip I of Castile Philip the Handsome . These included the Burgundian Netherlands . Through his father, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor , Philip was of the house of Habsburg, and so the period of the Habsburg Netherlands begun. The Habsburg Netherlands was a geo political entity covering the whole of the Low Countries from 1482 to 1556 1581 ref From the Dutch Revolt of 1556 to the final secession of Dutch Republic in 1581, its hold on the Northern Netherlands was tenuous. ref and solely the Southern Netherlands from 1581 to 1794. After 1581, it was also known as the Spanish Netherlands or the Austrian Netherlands . It was held by the Duke of Burgundy 1506 1555 , the King of Spain 1555 1706 and the Archduke of Austria 1716 1794 , all from the house of Habsburg . It was ruled on their behalf by a Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands governor . It briefly revolted against the Habsburgs from January to December 1790 to join the United States of Belgium , at the end of which it reverted back to the Habsburg Netherlands. It finally ceased to exist in 1794 when it was annexed by the First French Republic . References reflist Category History of the Netherlands Category County of Flanders Category History of Belgium Category History of Spain Category Former polities in the Netherlands Category States and territories established in 1482 Category 1581 disestablishments netherlands stub bg cs Habsbursk Nizozem es Pa ses Bajos de los Habsburgo fr Pays Bas des Habsbourg lt Habsburg Nyderlandai mk nl Habsburgse Nederlanden ru ... more details
Queen of the Netherlands may refer to Beatrix of the Netherlands Monarchy of the Netherlands Queen of the Netherlands ship , a Dutch salvage and dredging ship disambig ... more details
The geology of the Netherlands describes the geologic timescale geological sequence of the Netherlands . Large parts of the Netherlands today are below sea level and have in the past been covered by the sea or flooded at regular intervals. The modern Netherlands formed as a result of the interplay of the four main rivers Rhine , Meuse , Schelde and IJssel and the influence of the North Sea . The Netherlands ... sediments during the Pleistocene glacial and interglacial periods. Fairly all of the west Netherlands ... the natural processes at work. Most of the western Netherlands is below sea level due to the human ... the eastern half of the Netherlands. After the ice age ended, the moraine remained in the form ... Image Netherlands Map.svg thumb 250px Map of the Netherlands Paleozoic Era Rock geology Rock s from the Carboniferous period 360 299 Mya unit mya outcrop in the southeastern province of Limburg Netherlands .... The subsurface of the Netherlands including the Dutch sectors of the North Sea is geologically ... in the east of the Netherlands in villages as Boekelo and forms an excellent seal over the deeper North Sea reservoirs. Mesozoic Era Mesozoic Era Mesozoic rocks are exposed in the Netherlands in the quarry ... in the West Netherlands Basin . During late Jurassic times the Zuidwal volcano was active in a now submerged part of the Netherlands known as the Wadden Sea . During Cretaceous times, most of the Netherlands .... This is in places chert bearing chalk is mined near the southern city of Maastricht and the Maastrichtian ... Netherlands oil. Cenozoic Era The Cenozoic is characterised by a further shallowing and erosion of earlier ... of the subsurface of the Netherlands lack deposits of this age. The recent Netherlands is formed ... visible all over the Netherlands. Tectonics and orogeny Although the Netherlands seems to be a tectonics ... . The south of the Netherlands is topographically higher and is linked to the geology of the Ardennes ... , which has been tectonically active since the Oligocene, affects the southwestern part of the Netherlands ... more details
comprising present Belgium, Luxembourg and parts of northern France was called the SouthernNetherlands ...More than one name is used to refer to the Netherlands , both in English language English and in Netherlands ... for outsiders. In English the country is called the Netherlands or frequently but inaccurately ... and less frequently Hollands respectively. Occasionally the the is incorrectly capitalised the Netherlands ... Roman Empire were called Dutch or Douch . The NetherlandsNetherlands literally means Low countries ... Netherlands . ref aut Duke, A. 2009 Dissident identities in the early modern Low Countries , Ashgate Publishing, ref Kingdom of the Netherlands See also Kingdom of the Netherlands Distinction between the Netherlands and the Kingdom l1 Distinction between the Netherlands and the Kingdom The United Kingdom of the Netherlands existed from 1815 to 1830. When Belgium became independent, the Northern Provinces continued using the Netherlands . Today the Kingdom of the Netherlands encompasses the Netherlands , one constituent country of the Kingdom, Aruba , Cura ao and Sint Maarten . In Dutch common practice, the Kingdom of the Netherlands is shortened to Kingdom and not to Netherlands , as the latter may confuse the Kingdom with the constituent country. The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands also shortens the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Kingdom rather than Netherlands . ref ... Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands ref Outside the Kingdom, however, Netherlands is a common name for the Kingdom of the Netherlands e.g. as a short name in international organizations and during bilateral meetings . Netherlandish The English adjective Netherlandish , meaning from the Netherlands ... and artists from the southern Catholic Church Catholic provinces are usually called Flemish people ... thumb Location of Holland within the Netherlands File Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 20080803.JPG thumb In football soccer , the Netherlands national football team Dutch national team is commonly ... more details
2 NL34 Zeeuws Vlaanderen NL341 Overig Zeeland NL342 rowspan 7 SouthernNetherlands rowspan 7 NL4 ... East Drenthe NL132 South West Drenthe NL133 rowspan 8 Eastern Netherlands rowspan 8 NL2 rowspan 3 Overijssel ... NL226 Flevoland NL23 Flevoland NL230 rowspan 16 Western Netherlands rowspan 16 NL3 Utrecht province ... rowspan 6 NL33 Leiden and Bollenstreek NL331 The Hague NL332 Delft and Westland, Netherlands Westland ... North Brabant NL413 South East North Brabant NL414 rowspan 3 Limburg Netherlands Limburg rowspan 3 NL42 ... Subdivisions LAU 1 same as NUTS 3 align right 40 LAU 2 Municipalities of the Netherlands Municipalities Gemeenten align right 443 The LAU codes of the Netherlands can be downloaded here XLSlink http ec.europa.eu eurostat ramon nuts excel files NL LAU 2007.xls See also Subdivisions of the Netherlands ISO 3166 2 NL ISO 3166 2 codes of the Netherlands List of FIPS region codes M O NL Netherlands FIPS region codes of the Netherlands External links http ec.europa.eu eurostat ramon nuts codelist en.cfm ... current NUTS codes ODS format http www.statoids.com unl.html Provinces of Netherlands , Statoids.com NUTS Category NUTS Netherlands Category Subdivisions of the Netherlands Nuts lt NUTS NL ... more details
Reunification with the SouthernNetherlands , roughly equivalent to what is now Belgium and Luxembourg ... and Belgium United Kingdom of the Netherlands the country called the Netherlands within the kingdom Netherlands Infobox country native name plainlist native name nl Koninkrijk der Nederlanden conventional long name Kingdom of the Netherlands common name Netherlands image flag Flag of the Netherlands.svg image coat Coat of arms of the Netherlands 02.svg image map Kingdom of the Netherlands in its ... democracy and Constitutional monarchy leader title1 Monarchy of the Netherlands Monarch leader name1 Beatrix of the Netherlands Beatrix leader title2 Prime Minister of the Netherlands Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom ref name PM The Prime Minister of the Netherlands ... supervision for Cura ao and Sint Maarten . Other ministers of the Netherlands are referred ... Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten leader name5 Mathias Voges legislature States General of the Netherlands States General upper house Senate of the Netherlands Senate lower house House of Representatives of the Netherlands House of Representatives sovereignty type Independence established date1 ... of the Netherlands area rank 136th area magnitude 1 E10 area km2 42,508 area sq mi 16,478 ... PPP per capita GDP PPP per capita rank currency Euro small European Netherlands small , US Dollar small Caribbean Netherlands small , Netherlands Antillean guilder small Cura ao , Sint ... Charter for Regional or Minority Languages regional languages in the Netherlands . footnote2 The Hague is the seat of the government of the Netherlands Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad is the capital of Aruba Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Willemstad is the capital of Cura ao and Philipsburg, Netherlands Antilles Philipsburg is the capital of Sint Maarten . footnote3 Also .eu in the Netherlands, shared with other EU member states. The Kingdom of the Netherlands lang nl Audio Nl Koninkrijk der ... more details
double image right Flag of the Netherlands.svg 192 Coat of Arms of the Netherlands.png 102 Flag of the Netherlands Greater Coat of Arms of the Realm Coat of arms of the Netherlands Life in the Netherlands The Netherlands IPA en n rl ndz en us Netherlands.ogg lang nl Nederland , IPA nl ne d rl nt ... , Cura ao and Sint Maarten in the Caribbean Sea , constitute the Kingdom of the Netherlands . ref ... factbook geos nl.html title Netherlands work The World Factbook publisher United States Central Intelligence Agency accessdate July 23, 2009 ref The Netherlands is a parliamentary democratic constitutional ... guide to the Netherlands TOC limit limit 2 Clear General reference Image LocationNetherlands.svg right thumb The location of the Netherlands Image Netherlands pol87.jpg right thumb An enlargeable map of the Netherlands Image Netherlands CIA WFB Map 10 10 10.png thumb An enlargeable basic map of the Netherlands Image KonDerNed 10 10 10.png thumb An enlargeable topographic map of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Image Satellite image of the Netherlands in May 2000.jpg thumb An enlargeable satellite image of the Netherlands Pronunciation IPA en n rl ndz en us Netherlands.ogg Common English country names Netherlands , imprecisely Holland Official English country name Netherlands A constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands , which comprises the Netherlands , Aruba , Cura ao ... of place names Countries and nations Adjectival s Dutch, Netherlands List of adjectival and demonymic forms of place names Countries and nations Demonym s Dutch Etymology Name of the Netherlands International rankings of the Netherlands ISO country codes NL, NLD, 528 ISO region codes See ISO 3166 2 NL Internet country code top level domain .nl Geography of the Netherlands Main Geography of the Netherlands The Netherlands is a Nation state country , part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Location ... Time UTC 01 , Central European Summer Time UTC 02 Extreme points of the Netherlands North 53 33 ... more details
Antia Hulandes conventional long name Netherlands Antilles common name Netherlands Antilles continent North America status Federation status text Former constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands image flag Flag of the Netherlands Antilles 1959 1986 .svg image coat Coat of arms of the Netherlands ... wetten.nl ref demonym Netherlands Antillean capital Willemstad, Cura ao Willemstad latd 12 latm ... 10 October event end Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles event2 Secession of Aruba date event2 ... s4 Caribbean Netherlands flag s4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg currency Netherlands Antillean guilder cctld .an calling code 599 legislature Estates of the Netherlands Antilles title leader Monarchy of the Netherlands Queen leader1 Juliana of the Netherlands Juliana leader2 Beatrix of the Netherlands ... year deputy2 1973 1977 year deputy3 2006 2010 stat year1 2001 stat area1 800 stat pop1 175653 The Netherlands ... Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands , consisting of two island group groups of islands ... country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the rest of the Netherlands Antilles was Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles dissolved on 10 October 2010, ref name bbc resulting in two ... the Netherlands as Caribbean Netherlands special municipalities , officially Public body Netherlands ... 1 October 2009 language Dutch ref The name Netherlands Antilles is still sometimes used to indicate the Caribbean islands which are part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Dutch Caribbean ... Willemstad From 1815 onwards, Cura ao and Dependencies formed a colony of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... War II Second World War . Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Queen Wilhelmina had promised in a 1942 speech to offer autonomy to the overseas territories of the Netherlands, and British and American occupation ... suffrage was introduced. The territory was renamed to Netherlands Antilles as well. After the Dutch constitution was revised in 1948, a new interim Constitution of the Netherlands Antilles was enacted ... more details
the Dutch Reformed Church and the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands in the late 19th century. Roman Catholicism in the Netherlands Catholics , who dominated the southern provinces, were not allowed ... live in the southern provinces of North Brabant and Limburg Netherlands Limburg where they make up ...Life in the Netherlands The Netherlands was History of religion in the Netherlands historically characterized by multitude of religion s. Since the mid of the Middle Ages, the Netherlands was a predominantly ... day, there is a major decline of religious adherence. Nowadays, the Netherlands is one of the most ..., Roman Catholicism see Catholicism in the Netherlands is the single largest religion of the Netherlands ... Church of the Netherlands follows with 11 of the population, and another 6 belong to other ..., the Netherlands year 2009 accessdate 2012 02 14 format PDF ref History Main History of religion in the Netherlands Image Religie in Nederland 2006.png thumb left 330px Religion in the Netherlands legend ... en.PNG thumb right 220px Religious division in the Netherlands in 1849. Catholicism holds a majority in green areas. Protestantism holds a majority in red areas. The Netherlands declared ... the Netherlands adopted Calvinism as a state religion , but practiced a degree of religious tolerance towards non Calvinists. It became considerably safe for History of Jews of the Netherlands ... as the result of Demographics of the Netherlands Im and Emigration immigration . Since the year ... in the Netherlands Currently Roman Catholicism is the single largest religion of the Netherlands ... date May 2010 Protestant Churches Main Protestant Church of the Netherlands The Protestant Church of the Netherlands PKN forms the largest Protestant denomination, with some 12.3 of the population ... Churches in the Netherlands at that time 3.7 of the population and a smaller Lutheran Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands 0.1 . Since the 1970s these three ... more details
Infobox settlement name Bakel coordinates region NL subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name Netherlands subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 Noord Brabant subdivision type2 Municipality subdivision name2 Gemert Bakel area km2 population 5593 population as of 1 January 2007 density website image shield latNS N longEW E latd 51 latm 30 lats 9 longd 5 longm 44 longs 27 Bakel is a village east of Helmond and Eindhoven in southern part of the Netherlands . The total population is approximately 5,000. Until the late 1990s it formed together with Milheeze and De Rips the municipality of Bakel and Milheeze but in 1997 it was forced to merge with the larger Gemert municipality. Bakel does not have old buildings with the exception of the Willibrordus Church which is the oldest in the area. However during the 1970s, this church was modernized. In the 1990s it regained a little bit the old style decoration. The area surrounding Bakel on the one hand has lots of nature forest but the agricultural economy is also dominated by bio industry. It has the highest pig density in the Netherlands. Coord 51 30 N 5 45 E region NL type city source GNS enwiki display title Category Populated places in North Brabant NorthBrabant geo stub fr Bakel Brabant Septentrional nl Bakel ... more details
Infobox settlement name Meeuwen coordinates region NL subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name Netherlands subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 North Brabant subdivision type2 Municipality subdivision name2 Aalburg area km2 population 764 population as of 2005 density website image shield latNS N longEW E latd 51 latm 43 lats 39 longd 5 longm 0 longs 37 Meeuwen is a village in the southern Netherlands . It is located in Aalburg , North Brabant , about 8 km northwest of Waalwijk . Meeuwen was a separate municipality until 1923, when it became part of Aalburg. Until 1908, the official name of the municipality was Meeuwen, Hill en Babyloni nbroek . ref Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten ref References references External links Kuyper Meeuwen Netherlands nb meeuwen Map of the former municipality, around 1868. Coord 51 44 N 5 01 E display title region NL type city source GNS enwiki Category Populated places in North Brabant Category Former municipalities of North Brabant Category Aalburg NorthBrabant geo stub fr Meeuwen Pays Bas nl Meeuwen Aalburg pt Meeuwen ... more details
March 2011 Greater Netherlands lang nl Groot Nederland is the political movement to unite all Dutch ... the unification or reunification of the Netherlands and Flanders in any of a number of political ... of a Whole Netherlands Heel Nederland . This would combine all the Low Countries as a single Multilingualism multilingual entity, which would be similar to the former United Kingdom of the Netherlands , uniting Belgium as a whole , Luxembourg , the Netherlands, and Northern France most likely Nord Pas ... of Flanders and the Netherlands , a Greater Netherlands would consist of 23 million inhabitants ... English.PNG thumb 250px right Most common view of the Greater Netherlands A political union between Flanders and the Netherlands Image Kaartnlvl.png thumb 250px right Map with the Netherlands and Flanders with their flags common view of the Greater Netherlands Narrowly defined, Greater Netherlands refers to the aspiration for the unification of the Netherlands and Flanders. The ideology, otherwise ... has not been a political issue in the Netherlands and it is on the agenda of only a single political ... . 25 August 2007. Accessed 10 January 2008. ref However, a federal union between Flanders and the Netherlands ... Flanders, but neither has strong opinions towards a Greater Netherlands . Greater Netherlandism is sometimes associated with the extreme right fascist organizations in both the Netherlands and Belgium ... needed date March 2011 Whole Netherlands Sometimes, in the Flemish movement and the Flemish nationalist s, the term Heel Nederland Whole Netherlands is used to define the whole of the Dutch populated territories Greater Netherlands . According to it, that is how the Kingdom of the United Netherlands ... language. According to this ideology the Netherlands and Flanders should to restart the Kingdom of United Netherlands based on the organic unity of the Dutch people that has existed for centuries ... Netherlandism ideology or Burgundism , whose aim is the so called Whole Netherlands Heel Nederland ... more details
Westland, Netherlands may refer to Westland, municipality of the Netherlands , municipality of the Province of South Holland Westland, region of the Netherlands , region of the Province of South Holland disambig Category Place name disambiguation pages ... more details
prose date July 2010 NOTOC Environment of the Netherlands Bevrijdingsbos Dutch standards Geology of the Netherlands Litter in the Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment Staatsbosbeheer Biota List of birds of the Netherlands List of extinct animals of the Netherlands List of non marine molluscs of the Netherlands See also European Commissioner for the Environment Environmental issue Knowledge for Climate References Reflist External links http www.vrom.nl pagina.html?id 37635 Waste policy at the Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment VROM Category Environment of the Netherlands ... more details
in Dutch coord 51 49 N 4 39 E region NL type city display title commonscat Zwijndrecht, Netherlands ..., Netherlands simple Zwijndrecht, Netherlands fi Zwijndrecht Alankomaat sv Zwijndrecht vi Zwijndrecht ... more details
Infobox monarchy border federal font color black royal title Monarch realm Kingdom of the Netherlands coatofarms Coat of arms of the Netherlands 02.svg coatofarms article Coat of arms of the Netherlands incumbent Beatrix of the Netherlands Beatrix image Koningin Beatrix in Vries.jpg heir apparent Willem Alexander, Prince of Orange first monarch William I of the Netherlands William I his her Her date 16 March 1815 Politics of the Netherlands The Netherlands has been an independent nation independent .... Constitutional role and position of the monarch The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a constitutional ... of the Netherlands . An obvious consequence of this is that a fairly large portion of the Dutch constitution ... and the formalisms of communication between the States General of the Netherlands and the monarch in the creation of law s. The constitution refers to the monarch of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... Constitution for the Kingdom of the Netherlands Chapter 2 Government Dutch edition of WikiSource ref ... 2 of the constitution which is dedicated to the government of the Netherlands . Succession The monarchy of the Netherlands passes by right of Order of succession succession to the heirs of William I of the Netherlands ... Hoofdstuk 2 Artikel 24 Constitution for the Kingdom of the Netherlands Article 24 Dutch edition of WikiSource ... of blood . The Netherlands have followed absolute cognatic primogeniture instead of male primogeniture ... of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands have no succession rights because their kinship with Beatrix of the Netherlands Queen Beatrix her sister, and their great aunt is of the fourth degree that is, the queen ... of the Netherlands Article 25 Dutch edition of WikiSource ref A special case arises if the male ... for the Kingdom of the Netherlands Article 26 Dutch edition of WikiSource ref If the monarch ... of the Netherlands Article 33 Dutch edition of WikiSource ref ref name ConsC2Art37 group Cons nl wikisource nl Nederlandse grondwet Hoofdstuk 2 Artikel 37 Constitution for the Kingdom of the Netherlands ... more details
Provinces of the Netherlands imagemap Politics of the Netherlands A Dutch province represents the administrative ..., presided by the Commissaris van de Koningin appointed by the Crown. Division The modern day Netherlands ... border alt Coat of arms of Limburg Limburg Netherlands Limburg Limburg Maastricht L on Frissen small ... note label den haag B Dutch Den Haag , officially also s Gravenhage . ol Public bodies of the Netherlands The three Public body Netherlands public bodies of the Bonaire , Sint Eustatius and Saba , became part of the Netherlands proper on October 10, 2010, but are not part of any province. ref cite web ... Statistics Netherlands year 2007 accessdate 2007 10 13 title Regionale Kerncijfers Nederland ... 03759ned&D1 0&D2 802 813&D3 0&D4 l&HD 081103 1603 language Dutch publisher Statistics Netherlands ... relegating the separate states to provinces, 17 in total. From these unified Netherlands, seven northern ... called Staats Brabant , Staats Limburg and Staats Vlaanderen , meaning state owned . Each of these Netherlands ... provinces of the Netherlands the latter known as Bataafs Brabant , Batavian Brabant, changing its name to Noord Brabant , North Brabant, in 1815 when it became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands ..., 1986. The Departments of the French Period During the Batavian Republic, the Netherlands was from ... Friesland, Groningen Department of the Old IJssel Departement van de Oude IJssel Zwolle Southern ... minus Amsterdam, northwestern Utrecht Department of the Delft Departement van de Delft Delft Southern ... s Hertogenbosch The eastern part of Batavian Brabant, southern Gelderland Department of the Scheldt ... again making a total of 11 departments. Image Fran ais.PNG thumb right Map of the subdivisions of the Netherlands .... When the Netherlands finally did become fully part of France in 1810, the departments of the kingdom ... French Departments in the Netherlands style background efefef English name French name Dutch ... van de Monden van de Rijn Eastern North Brabant & southern Gelderland Department of the Upper IJssel ... more details
citations missing date December 2011 This is a chronological list of floods that have occurred in the Netherlands , until 1500 most parts of the Netherlands were in Frisia . 838 December 26 A large part of the northwest of the Netherlands in that time the land belonged to Frisia now called Friesland was flooded by a storm. Lack of good dikes was an important cause of this flood disaster. Bishop Prudentius of Troyes describes this flood he said there were 2437 victims. This flood is also described in the Annales Xantenses . 1014 September 28 for the first time the partially closed coast line of the Netherlands .... 1134 The Zwin opens as a channel connecting Bruges with the North Sea. 1163 The Netherlands experienced ... Flood 1170 All Saints flood Allerheiligenvloed . Large parts of the north of the Netherlands and the Zuiderzee ... . Large parts of the north of the Netherlands and the Zuiderzee region were inundated. Where the storm ... a large flood with approximately 60,000 victims. 1214 Storm flood affecting all parts of the Netherlands ... of the north of the Netherlands and the Zuiderzee region were inundated, killing an estimated 36000 ... of the two large inner seas in the Netherlands , the Zuiderzee and the Waddenzee . 1248 20 November ... see List of settlements lost to floods in the Netherlands Drowned villages in Groningen province Drowned villages in Groningen province . 1280 Large parts of the north of the Netherlands ... into the Netherlands, killing at least 25,000 inhabitants. The salt sea swallowed sixty parishes in the Danish ... Allerheiligenvloed . 1675 This affected mainly the north of the Netherlands . It flooded part of Terschelling ... kilometres wide in Wales , central and southern England, the North Sea , the Low Countries , and the north ... 1 night See North Sea flood of 1953 . See also Flood control in the Netherlands External links http ... 89.html The Flood of 1953 in the Netherlands http www.safecoast.org Knowledge exchange on coastal flooding ... in the Netherlands ru ... more details
from region to region. The southern regions of the Netherlands for example share dishes with Flanders ...Life in the Netherlands Image Hollande04.jpg 260px thumb Some symbols and icons of Dutch culture Dutch people Dutch culture , or the culture of the Netherlands , is diverse, reflecting regional differences ... of immigrants. The Netherlands and Dutch people have played an important role for centuries ... main Languages of the Netherlands Dutch dialects Image Dutcharea.png left 220px thumb Map illustrating ... in much of the north and east and are recognized by the Netherlands as regional languages according ... of regional language is Limburgish , which is spoken in the south eastern province of Limburg Netherlands ... and belong to a common Dutch Low German dialect continuum . Religion main History of religion in the Netherlands ... c.1660 Calvinism became the theological system of the majority in the Netherlands during the Dutch ... in public. The Netherlands today is one of the most secular countries in Europe. An estimated ... religion in the Netherlands , but there has always been a high percentage of Roman Catholics, who were strongly predominating in the southern provinces, but also considerably present in the northern ... in the Netherlands Islam has begun to gain a foothold and mosque s are being built. The Netherlands ... Suriname after its independence. There is also a small group of Jews 40,000 living in The Netherlands ... front.jpg right thumb 210px Hilversum City Hall by Willem Marinus Dudok main Architecture of the Netherlands ... Movie theaters in the Netherlands Cinema of the Netherlands Dutch comics Flemish or Dutch Until 1830 ... as Flemish, even though they might have been born in the present day Netherlands. Some of the most famous ... Netherlands, for religious reasons and because the Netherlands were growing economically. Both ... Breitner living in the Netherlands, and the romanticist Lawrence Alma Tadema , living in England. In the 20th century, the Netherlands produced many fine painters and artists, including Piet Mondriaan ... more details
The Netherlands Coastguard lang nl Nederlandse Kustwacht is a national organisation responsible for various services along the Netherlands coast line mainly search and rescue services . Image NL,Z H,G. Den Haag,Scheveningsehaven,Kustwacht entering the port.jpeg thumb 300px right Visarend ship of the Nederlandse Kustwacht entering The Scheveningen Port The Netherlands Coastguard Service carries out various duties for seven governmental ministries. ref name MinistryDefence http www.defensie.nl english navy coastguard Coastguard Netherlands Coastguard Service webpage. Ministry of Defence official website Royal Netherlands Navy section . Retrieved 2010 09 10. ref The Royal Netherlands Navy is responsible for operational command of the Netherlands Coastguard Service. ref name MinistryDefence See also Caribbean Coastguard Netherlands Caribbean Coastguard Footnotes reflist External links http www.kustwacht.nl en general.html Netherlands Coastguard official website http www.defensie.nl english navy coastguard Coastguard Netherlands Coastguard Service webpage. Ministry of Defence official website Royal Netherlands Navy section . Coast guards Category Coast guards Category Sea rescue organisations Category Organisations based in the Netherlands Category 1987 establishments in the Netherlands Category Organizations established in 1987 Netherlands stub it Nederlandse Kustwacht nl Kustwacht Nederlandse kustwacht ja ... more details
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