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Regions

The regions of the Netherlands are divided into the North, South, West and East Netherlands.


Official regions

Many regions in the Netherlands are officially defined by certain regulations of organizations.


First level NUTS of the European Union

NUTS-1 Regional divisions as used by the European Union: * Region NL1 (
North Netherlands In the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) codes of the Netherlands (NL), the three levels are: NUTS codes Local administrative units Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are: ''The L ...
): Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe * Region NL2 ( East Netherlands): Overijssel, Gelderland, Flevoland * Region NL3 ( West Netherlands): Utrecht, North Holland, South Holland, Zeeland * Region NL4 (
South Netherlands In the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) codes of the Netherlands (NL), the three levels are: NUTS codes Local administrative units Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are: ''The L ...
): North Brabant, Limburg


Unofficial multi-country regions

* De Duffelt * Euregio Enschede-Gronau * Euregio Benelux Middengebied *
Ems Dollart Region The Ems Dollart Region (EDR), established in 1977, is a cross-border organisation located in the northern Dutch- German border area. The region is named after the Ems River and the Dollart estuary. Its aim is to establish and improve contacts a ...
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Frisia Frisia () is a Cross-border region, cross-border Cultural area, cultural region in Northwestern Europe. Stretching along the Wadden Sea, it encompasses the north of the Netherlands and parts of northwestern Germany. Wider definitions of "Frisia" ...
* Kempen *
Maasland Maasland (population: 6,844) is a village in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It lies in the municipality (''gemeente'') of Midden-Delfland and covers an area of 24.42 km2 (of which 0.64 km2 water). It is located ...
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Meuse-Rhine Euroregion The Euregio Meuse-Rhine ( , , , ) is a Euroregion created in 1976, with judicial status achieved in 1991. It comprises 11.000 km2 and has around 3.9 million inhabitants around the city-corridor of Aachen–Maastricht–Hasselt–Liège. ...
* Rhine-Meuse-North Euroregion * Rhine-Waal Euroregion * Scheldemond Euroregion


Unofficial multi-province regions

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Bible Belt The Bible Belt is a region of the Southern United States and the Midwestern state of Missouri (which also has significant Southern influence), where evangelical Protestantism exerts a strong social and cultural influence. The region has been de ...
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De Biesbosch De Biesbosch National Park is one of the largest national parks in the Netherlands and one of the last extensive areas of freshwater tidal wetlands in Northwestern Europe. The Biesbosch ('forest of sedges' or 'rushwoods') consists of a large ...
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Bollenstreek The Duin- en Bollenstreek (; Dutch for "Dune and Bulb Region") is a region in the Western Netherlands, that features coastal dunes and the cultivation of flower bulbs. Situated at the heart of historical Holland nearby the city of Leiden, South H ...
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Groene Hart The Groene Hart (; "Green Heart") is a relatively thinly populated area of the Netherlands covering much of the middle portion of the Randstad megalopolis. The major Dutch cities of Rotterdam, The Hague, Leiden, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Utrecht ...
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Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former provinces of the Netherlands, province on the western coast of the Netherland ...
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Hondsrug image:Hoogstraatje RA.JPG, 300px, The Hoogstraatje in Groningen (province), Groningen, the northernmost hill of the Hondsrug The Hondsrug () is a Dutch ridge of sand that is mainly located in the province Drenthe and partly in the province Gronin ...
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Peel Peel or Peeling may refer to: Places Australia * Peel (Western Australia) * Peel, New South Wales * Peel River (New South Wales) Canada * Peel Parish, New Brunswick * Peel, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Peel Parish * Pee ...
* Rijnland * Rivierengebied * Schelde- en Maasdelta *
Utrecht Hill Ridge Utrecht Hill Ridge () is a ridge of low sandhills that stretches in a direction from southeast to northwest over the Provinces of the Netherlands, Dutch province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht and over a part of North Holland. The total length of th ...
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Vechtstreek The Vechtstreek (; ) is a region in the Dutch provinces of Utrecht and North Holland along the Vecht River between the towns of Utrecht and Amsterdam. Located in the economic heartland of the Netherlands, it is known for its natural environment a ...
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Vijfheerenlanden Vijfheerenlanden (; ), is a municipality in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands. The municipality was created on 1 January 2019 through the merger of the former municipalities of Vianen (Utrecht), Leerdam and Zederik (both South Holland). ...
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West Frisian Islands The West Frisian Islands (, ; ) are a chain of islands in the North Sea off the Dutch coast, along the edge of the Wadden Sea. They continue further east as the German East Frisian Islands and are part of the Frisian Islands. From west to eas ...


Inter-province metropolitan areas

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Randstad The Randstad (; "Rim City" or "Edge City") is a roughly crescent- or Circular arc, arc-shaped conurbation in the Netherlands, that includes almost half the country's population. With a central-western location, it connects and comprises the Net ...
(''North Holland'', ''South Holland'', ''Utrecht'' and ''Flevoland'') * Stadsregio Arnhem Nijmegen (''Gelderland'' and ''Limburg'')


Subregions

The subregions (
Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...
: ''streek'' or ''landstreek'' (plural: (''land)streken''), literally translating to a combination of 'land/country area/region') are non-administrative area in the
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
that can be demarcated on grounds of cohesion with regards to
culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...
or
landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes th ...
. This means that a landstreek is not bound by
provincial Provincial may refer to: Government & Administration * Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country * Provincial city (disambiguation) * Provincial minister (disambiguation) * Provincial Secretary, a position in Canad ...
or municipal boundaries. Below is a list of all Dutch landstreken with the province(s) in which they are located mentioned between brackets.


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Achterhoek The Achterhoek (; ) is a cultural region and COROP area in the Eastern Netherlands. Its name (meaning "rear-corner") is geographically appropriate because the area lies in the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland and therefore in the e ...
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Alblasserwaard The Alblasserwaard () is a polder in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is mainly known for the windmills of Kinderdijk, located near the village of Kinderdijk in the polder's northwestern part. History The first human inhabitant ...
(''South Holland'') *
Ameland Ameland (; ) is a municipality and one of the West Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands. It consists mostly of sand dunes and is the third major island of the West Frisians. It neighbours islands Terschelling to the west a ...
(''Friesland'') *
Amstelland Amstelland is the area along the river Amstel in the Netherlands, beginning in South Holland and running north towards Amsterdam in southern North Holland. History Amstelland's history is inextricably linked with the Amstel river and the growth ...
(''North Holland'') *
Amsterdam Metropolitan Area The Metropolitan Region Amsterdam () is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. It lies in the Noordvleugel (English: "North Wing") of the larger polycentric Randstad metropolitan area and encompasses the ci ...
(''North Holland'')


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* Baronie van Breda (''North Brabant'') *
Beemster Beemster () is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The Beemster is the first polder in the Netherlands land reclamation, reclaimed from a lake, the water extracted by windmi ...
(''North Holland'') * Beijerland (''South Holland'') *
Betuwe Betuwe (), also known in English as Batavia ( ), is a historical and geographical region in the Netherlands, forming large fertile islands in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, river delta formed by the waters of the Rhine (Dutch: ''Rijn'') and ...
(''Gelderland'') *
Het Bildt het Bildt ( ) is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Friesland in the northern Netherlands; its capital was Sint Annaparochie. On 1 January 2018 it merged with the municipalities of Franekeradeel, Menamerad ...
(''Friesland'') *
Bommelerwaard Bommelerwaard is a district in Gelderland, Netherlands. The Bommelerwaard is situated among three rivers: the Meuse () in the south(east), the Waal in the north and the Afgedamde Maas in the west. It is formed by the area of two municipalities: ...
(''Gelderland'') * Brabantse Biesbosch (''North Brabant'') *
Brabantse Stedenrij Brabantse Stedenrij () is a term used in Dutch urban planning to designate the wikt:polycentric, polycentric city region in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands.Brabantse Wal (''North Brabant'')


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* Delfland (''South Holland'') * Dokkumer Wouden (''Friesland'') *
Drechtsteden The Drechtsteden (; Dutch for "Drecht cities") are a number of towns and cities bordering each other in the delta area of the rivers Oude Maas, Noord, and Beneden-Merwede in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. These cooperate in the ''Gem ...
(''South Holland'') * Duurswold (''Groningen'')


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* Eemland (''Utrecht'') * Eemvallei (''Utrecht'') * Eiland van Dordrecht (''South Holland'') * Ellertsveld (''Drenthe'')


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Fivelingo Fivelingo or Fivelgo is a historical region and one of the Ommelanden (shires) in the province of Groningen. It was located southeast of Hunsingo, northeast of Gorecht, and northwest of Oldambt, and southwest of the Wadden Sea The Wadde ...
(''Groningen'') *
Flevopolder The Flevopolder is an island polder forming the bulk of Flevoland, a province of the Netherlands. Created by land reclamation, its northeastern part was drained in 1955 and the remainder—the southwest—in 1968. Unlike other major polders, ...
(''Flevoland'') * Friese Wouden (''Friesland'')


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* Gaasterland (''Friesland'') *
Goeree-Overflakkee Goeree-Overflakkee () is the southernmost river delta, delta island of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is separated from Voorne-Putten and Hoeksche Waard by the Haringvliet, from the mainland of North ...
(''South Holland'') *
Gooi The Gooi ( ) is an area around Hilversum, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a slightly hilly area characterised by its green landscape, its historical charm, the wealth of its inhabitants and its villas. The Gooi is known in the country a ...
(''North Holland'') * Gorecht (''Groningen'') *
De Graafschap Vereniging Betaald Voetbal De Graafschap, simply known as De Graafschap () is a professional association football club based in Doetinchem, Netherlands. The team competes in the , the second level of the Dutch football league system. Founded o ...
(''Gelderland'') * Graetheide (''Limburg'') *
Groninger Veenkoloniën The Groninger or Groningen is a Dutch horse breed developed for light draft and agricultural work. It is closely related to heavy warmblood breeds like the East Friesian and Alt-Oldenburger. The breed was nearly lost in the mid-20th century be ...
(''Groningen'')


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Haarlemmermeer Haarlemmermeer () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. Haarlemmermeer is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water. The ...
(''North Holland'') * Halfambt (''Groningen'') *
Heuvelland Heuvelland () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Dranouter, Kemmel, De Klijte, Loker, Nieuwkerke, Westouter, Wijtschate and Wulvergem. Heuvelland is a thinly popul ...
(''Limburg'') *
Hoeksche Waard The Hoekse Waard (; pre-1947 spelling: Hoeksche Waard) is an island between the Oude Maas, Dordtsche Kil, Hollands Diep, Haringvliet and Spui rivers in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. The island, part of the namesake munici ...
(''South Holland'') * Hollandse Biesbosch (''South Holland'') * Hogeland (''Groningen'') * Humsterland (''Groningen'') *
Hunsingo Hunsingo (Gronings: Hunzego or Hunzengo) is a region in the province of Groningen, Netherlands, between the Reitdiep and Maarvliet. Hunsingo was one of three Ommelanden. It is bordered to the north by the Wadden Sea, to the east Fivelingo, i ...
(''Groningen'')


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* IJsselmonde (''South Holland'') * IJsseldal (IJsselvallei) (''Gelderland'') * Innersdijken (''Groningen'')


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* Kampereiland (''Overijssel'') * Kanaalstreek (''Groningen'') *
Kennemerland Kennemerland () is a coastal region in the northwestern Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It includes the sand dunes north of the North Sea Canal, as well as the dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park. History Kennemerland gets ...
(''North Holland'') * Kleistreek (''Friesland'') * Kop van Noord-Holland (''North Holland'') *
Kop van Overijssel The Kop van Overijssel (English language, English: ''Head of Overijssel'') is a region in the very northwestern part of the Netherlands, Dutch province of Overijssel. It consists of the municipality of Steenwijkerland and matches the historical r ...
(''Overijssel'') *
Krimpenerwaard Krimpenerwaard () is a municipality, a region and a former water board of the Netherlands. It is a rural area located in the east of the province of South Holland, just south of Gouda and east of the Rotterdam conurbation. It is bordered on ...
(''South Holland'')


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* Land van Altena (''North Brabant'') *
Land van Cuijk Land van Cuijk is a municipality in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands, formed from the merger of Boxmeer, Cuijk, Sint Anthonis, Mill en Sint Hubert and Grave on 1 January 2022. It belongs to the region of De Peel. The municipality is ma ...
(''North Brabant'') *
Land van Heusden Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of Earth not submerged by the ocean or another body of water. It makes up 29.2% of Earth's surface and includes all continents and islands. Earth's land surface ...
(''North Brabant'') *
Land van Heusden en Altena The Land of Heusden and Altena () is a region located in the Dutch province of North Brabant. In 1904 it consisted of the historical regions '' Land van Altena'' and '' Land van Heusden'' (only the part above the Bergse Maas). Historically this ...
(''North Brabant'') *
Land van Maas en Waal Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of Earth not submerged by the ocean or another body of water. It makes up 29.2% of Earth's surface and includes all continents and islands. Earth's land surface ...
(''Gelderland'') * Langewold (''Groningen'') * Langstraat (''North Brabant'') * Liemers (''Gelderland'') *
Lopikerwaard The Lopikerwaard is a polder landscape, located in the Dutch province of Utrecht. History Originally an area of swampland, the polder was developed from the eleventh century CE. Many canals were dug in order to drain the land, dividing the la ...
(''Utrecht'')


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* Maasland (North Brabant) (''North Brabant'') * Maasplassen (''Limburg'') *
Marne Marne can refer to: Places France *Marne (river), a tributary of the Seine *Marne (department), a département in northeastern France named after the river * La Marne, a commune in western France *Marne, a legislative constituency (France) Nethe ...
(''Groningen'') * Marnewaard (''Groningen'') * Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch (''North Brabant'') * Menterne (''Groningen'') * Mergelland (''Limburg'') * Middag (''Groningen'') * Midden-Limburg (''Limburg'') * Midden-Zeeland (''Zeeland'') * Middenveld (''Drenthe'') *
Montferland Montferland () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam. Population centres Fo ...
(''Gelderland'')


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Neder-Betuwe Neder-Betuwe () is a municipality in the province of Gelderland, in the east of the Netherlands. On 1 April 2003, it was established as the new name of the redivided municipality of Kesteren. Neder-Betuwe counted 25,042 inhabitants on 1 January 2 ...
(''Gelderland'') *
Noord-Beveland Noord-Beveland (; "North Beveland") is a municipality and region in the southwestern Netherlands and a former island, now part of the Walcheren-Zuid-Beveland-Noord-Beveland peninsula. Noord-Beveland is enclosed by the Oosterschelde estuary to the ...
(''Zeeland'') *
Noordenveld Noordenveld () is a municipality in the northeastern part of the Netherlands. Population centres Water Board Noordenveld Noordenveld is also the name of a former Water Board, which had its office in Roden. Water Board Noordenveld arose from ...
(''Drenthe'') *
Noordoostpolder Noordoostpolder (; ) is a polder and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Formerly, it was also called ''Urk, Urker Land''. Emmeloord is the administrative center, located in the hea ...
(''Flevoland'')


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* Oldambt (''Groningen'') *
Ommelanden The ''Ommelanden'' (; ) are the parts of Groningen province that surround Groningen city. Usually mentioned as synonym for the province in the expression ("city and surrounding lands"). The area was Frisian-speaking, but under the influence ...
(''Groningen'') * Oostelijk Flevoland (''Flevoland'') * Oostelijke Mijnstreek (''Limburg'') * Oosterambt (''Groningen'') *
Oostergo Eastergoa (also Ostergau, Ostergo, or Oostergo) was one of the Seven Sealands and one of the three ''gau (territory), Gaue'' within what is today the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. Area On its west side Eastergoa was bordered by ...
(''Friesland'') * Oostermoer (''Drenthe'') * Over-Betuwe (''Gelderland'')


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* Plateau van Margraten (''Limburg'') * Prins Alexanderpolder (''South Holland'') *
Purmer Purmer is a polder and reclaimed lake in the Netherlands province of North Holland, located between the towns of Purmerend and Edam-Volendam. It is also a village located in the municipalities of Waterland and Edam-Volendam. Purmer polder Wi ...
(''North Holland'')


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Rheiderland The Rheiderland (; ) is a region of Germany and the Netherlands between the River Ems and the Bay of Dollart. The German part of the Rheiderland lies in East Frisia, west of the Ems. The Dutch part (written: ''Reiderland'') lies in the Dutch pr ...
(''Groningen'') *
Rijk van Nijmegen The Rijk van Nijmegen ({{IPA, nl, ˌrɛik fɑ ˈnɛimeːɣə(n)) is a region in the southeast of Gelderland. The region is located around the city of Nijmegen, south of the Waal and east of the Land van Maas en Waal. The area owes its name t ...
(''Gelderland)'' *
Rijnmond Rijnmond (; literally 'Rhine Mouth', 'Mouth of the Rhine', 'Rhine Estuary') is the conurbation surrounding the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Another term used in this context is Stadsregio Rotterdam (literally 'Rotterdam Urban Region' or m ...
(''South Holland'') * Rivierenland l(''Gelderland'') * Rolderdingspel (''Drenthe'') *
Rottumeroog Rottumeroog (; ) is an Desert island, uninhabited island in the Wadden Sea and is part of the Netherlands. The island is one of three West Frisian Islands in the province of Groningen (province), Groningen. It is situated between the islands of R ...
(''Groningen'') *
Rottumerplaat Rottumerplaat () is one of the three islands that make up Rottum in the West Frisian Islands. The island is located in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. It is situated between the shoal Simonszand and the island Rottumeroog. Rottumerplaat sta ...
(''Groningen'')


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Salland Salland (; Low Saxon: ''Sallaand'') is a historical dominion in the west and north of the present Dutch province of Overijssel. Nowadays Salland is usually used to indicate a region corresponding to the part of the former dominion more or less to ...
(''Overijssel'') *
Schermer Schermer () is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. The name comes from "''skir mere''", which means "bright lake". Since 2015 it has been a part of the municipality of Alkmaar. The municipality of Schermer ...
(''North Holland'') * Schieland (''South Holland'') *
Schiermonnikoog Schiermonnikoog (; ) is an island, a municipality and national park in the Northern Netherlands. Schiermonnikoog is one of the West Frisian Islands, and is part of the province of Friesland. It is situated between the islands of Ameland and Rot ...
(''Friesland'') *
Schouwen-Duiveland Schouwen-Duiveland () is a municipality and an island in the southwestern Netherlands province of Zeeland. The municipality has 33,737 inhabitants (1 January 2016) and covers an area of (of which is water). The northside of the island has two fi ...
(''Zeeland'') * Sint Philipsland (''Zeeland'') *
South Beveland Zuid-Beveland (; "South Beveland") is part of the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands north of the Western Scheldt and south of the Eastern Scheldt. Topography It is a former island, now peninsula, crossed by the Canal through Zuid-Bevelan ...
(''Zeeland'') *
South Limburg South Limburg (Dutch: ''Zuid-Limburg'', Limburgish: ''Zuud-Limburg'') is both a COROP (statistical) region as well as a '' landstreek'' (area) of the Netherlands located in the province of Limburg. The Dutch term ''landstreek'', literally transl ...
(''Limburg'') * Southern Flevoland (''Flevoland'') * Stellingwerven (''Friesland'') * Stichtse Lustwarande (''Utrecht'') * De Streek (''North Holland'')


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Terschelling Terschelling (; ; Terschelling dialect: ''Schylge'') is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and an island in the northern Netherlands, one of the West Frisian Islands. It is situated between the islands of Vlieland and Ameland. ...
(''Friesland'') *
Texel Texel (; Texels dialect: ) is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,643 in North Holland, Netherlands. It is the largest and most populated island of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. The island is situated north of Den ...
(''North Holland'') * Tielerwaard (''Gelderland'') *
Tiengemeten Tiengemeten is an island in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Hoeksche Waard and lies about south of Spijkenisse. Before 1984 the island was administratively split between Goudswaard and Zuid-Beijerland, ...
(''South Holland'') *
Tholen Tholen () is a 25,000 people municipality in the southwest of the Netherlands. The municipality of Tholen takes its name from the town of Tholen, which is the largest population center in the municipality. The municipality consists of two peninsu ...
(''Zeeland'') *
Twente Twente ( , Tweants dialect: ''Tweante'') is a region in the eastern Netherlands. It encompasses the most urbanised and easternmost part of the province of Overijssel. Twente is most likely named after the Tuihanti or Tvihanti, a Germanic people ...
(''Overijssel'')


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* Upgo (''Groningen'')


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Veluwe The Veluwe () is a forest-rich ridge of hills (1100 km2; 420 sq. mi.) in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The Veluwe features many different landscapes, including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand ...
(''Gelderland'') *
Vlieland (; ) is a municipality and island in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland is the second most sparsely populated municipality in the Netherlands, after Schiermonnikoog. Vlieland is one of the West Frisian Islands, lying in t ...
(''Friesland'') *
Voorne-Putten Voorne-Putten () is an island between the North Sea, the Brielse Meer and the rivers Oude Maas, Spui and Haringvliet in the province of South Holland. Voorne-Putten consists of the two former islands Voorne (the larger, western part) and Pu ...
(''South Holland'') * Vredewold (''Groningen'')


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Walcheren Walcheren () is a region and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. It lies between the Eastern Scheldt in the north and the Western Scheldt in the south and is roughly the shape of a rhombus. The two ...
(''Zeeland'') *
Waterland Waterland () is a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland. It is situated north of Amsterdam, on the western shore of the Markermeer. It includes t ...
(''North Holland'') *
West-Friesland West Frisia (; ; ) is a term that, when used in an international context, refers to the traditionally Frisian areas that are located west of the Dollart (i.e. in the present-day Netherlands). Along with East Frisia and North Frisia, it is one ...
(''North Holland'') * Westelijke Mijnstreek (''Limburg'') *
Westergo Westergoa was one of the Seven Sealands and one of the three that now lie within the borders of today's Dutch province of Friesland. Later it was one of the three goaen of Frisia. In the Middle Ages Westergoa most probably formed the political ...
(''Friesland'') *
Westerkwartier The Westerkwartier (; ; ; ) is a historical region in the Dutch province of Groningen, at the border with the provinces of Drenthe and Friesland. In the past the area was part of the historical region of Frisia. The West Frisian language ...
(''Groningen'') * Westerlauwers Friesland (''Friesland'') * Westerwolde (''Groningen'') * Westland (''South Holland'') *
Wieringen Wieringen () is located in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Now a part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon, it was a separate municipality before 2012. Its name first appeared in 8th and 9th century records. By 1200 it was an i ...
(''North Holland'') *
Wieringermeer Wieringermeer () is a polder and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Since 2012 Wieringermeer has been a part of the new municipality of Hollands Kroon. Population centres The former municipality of Wier ...
(''North Holland'') *
Wijdewormer Wijdewormer is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in the municipality of Wormerland, about 5 km east of the town of Wormer, in the polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hyd ...
(De Wormer) (''North Holland'')


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Zaanstreek The Zaan () is a small river in the province of North Holland in the northwestern Netherlands and the name of a district through which it runs. The river was originally a side arm of the IJ bay and travels 13.5 kilometers (8½ miles) through the m ...
(''North Holland'') *
Zeelandic Flanders Zeelandic Flanders ( ; ; )''Vlaanderen'' in isolation: . is the southernmost region of the province of Zeeland in the south-western Netherlands. It lies south of the Western Scheldt that separates the region from the remainder of Zeeland and th ...
(''Zeeland'') * Zevenwouden (''Friesland'') *
Zoom Zoom may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film * ''Zoom'' (2006 film), starring Tim Allen * ''Zoom'' (2015 film), a Canada-Brazil film by Pedro Morelli * ''Zoom'' (2016 Kannada film), a Kannada film * ''Zoom'' (2016 Sinhala film), a Sr ...
(''North Brabant'') * Zuidenveld (''Drenthe'') *
Zuiderduintjes Zuiderduintjes (; ) is an uninhabited island in the Wadden Sea in the Netherlands. It is situated south of Rottumeroog, east of Rottumerplaat, and west of Borkum. The island is one of the three West Frisian Islands in the municipality of He ...
(''Groningen'') *
Zuidplaspolder The Zuidplaspolder is a polder in the western Netherlands, located northeast of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, neighbouring settlements such as Zuidplas, Zevenhuizen, Waddinxveen, Moerkapelle, Gouda, Moordrecht, and Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel. ...
(''South Holland'') * Zuidwesthoek (''Friesland'') * Zwijndrechtse Waard (''South Holland'')


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Regions In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...