Coevorden
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| Coevorden | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
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| Province | Drenthe |
| Area (2006) | |
| - Total | 299.68 km² (115.7 sq mi) |
| - Land | 296.68 km² (114.5 sq mi) |
| - Water | 3.00 km² (1.2 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| - Total | 36,043 |
| - Density | 121/km² (313.4/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Coevorden (pronunciation ) is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands. During the municipal reorganisation in the province in 1998, Coevorden merged with Dalen, Sleen, Oosterhesselen and Zweeloo.
[edit] Population centers
Aalden, Achterste Erm, Ballast, Benneveld, Bovensteenwijksmoer, Coevorden, Dalen, Dalerpeel, Dalerveen, De Bente, De Haar, De Kiel, De Mars, Den Hool, Diphoorn, Eldijk, Erm, Gees, Geesbrug, Grevenberg, 't Haantje, Holsloot, Hoogehaar, Kibbelveen, Klooster, Langerak, Meppen, Nieuwe Krim, Nieuwlande, Noord-Sleen, Oosterhesselen, Padhuis, Pikveld, Schimmelarij, Schoonoord, Sleen, Steenwijksmoer, Stieltjeskanaal, Valsteeg, Veenhuizen, Vlieghuis, Vossebelt, Wachtum, Weijerswold, Wezup, Wezuperbrug, Zweeloo and Zwinderen.
[edit] The city of Coevorden
Coevorden received city rights in 1408.
The city was reconstructed in the early seventeenth century by Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange to an ideal city design, similar to Palmanova. The streets were laid out in a radial pattern within polygonal fortifications and extensive outer earthworks.
Incidentally, the city of Coevorden may have indirectly given its name to the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, which is named after the 18th-century British explorer George Vancouver. The explorer's ancestors (and family name) originally came to England "from Coevorden" (van Coevorden > Vancoevorden > Vancouver).
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