Coevorden

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Coevorden
Municipality
Former post office in Coevorden

Flag
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Coevorden in a municipal map of Drenthe
Location in Drenthe
Coordinates: 52°40′N 6°45′E / 52.667°N 6.750°E / 52.667; 6.750Coordinates: 52°40′N 6°45′E / 52.667°N 6.750°E / 52.667; 6.750
Country Netherlands
Province Drenthe
Government[1]
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Bert Bouwmeester (D66)
Area[2]
 • Total 299.69 km2 (115.71 sq mi)
 • Land 296.54 km2 (114.49 sq mi)
 • Water 3.15 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Elevation[3] 12 m (39 ft)
Population (November 2013)[4]
 • Total 35,739
 • Density 121/km2 (310/sq mi)
Demonym Coevordenaar
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 7740–7759, 7840–7869
Area code 0524, 0528, 0591
Website www.coevorden.nl

Coevorden ( pronunciation (help·info)) 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.

Population centres

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.

The city of Coevorden

Fortification plan of Coevorden, in Star fort style.
Dutch Topographic map of Coevorden (city), Dec. 2013

Coevorden received city rights in 1408.

The city was reconstructed in the early seventeenth century by Maurice, 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.

The city of Coevorden may have indirectly given its name to the city of Vancouver, which is named after the 18th-century British explorer George Vancouver. The explorer's ancestors (and family name) may have originally come to England "from Coevorden" (van Coevorden > Vancoevorden > Vancouver).[5] There is also a family of nobility with the surname van Coeverden, sometimes spelled with a K (as with Canadian kayaker Adam van Koeverden).

Its name (Coevorden) has the same literal meaning as of "Bosporus" and "Oxford" - "cow ford(s)" or "cow crossing".[5]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands

Twin towns — Sister cities

Coevorden is twinned with:

Transportation

References

  1. ↑ "Burgemeester en wethouders" [Mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Coevorden. Retrieved 6 October 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Postcodetool for 7741GC". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 6 October 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "History of Vancouver - Coevorden". Vancouverhistory.ca. Retrieved 2013-03-26. 
  6. ↑ "Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Kingdom of the Netherlands - News of the Embassy". Netherlands.mfa.gov.by. 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2013-03-26. 

External links

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