Urk
Urk is a town and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands. It has about 20,000 people (2016), and is both a former municipality of North Holland and of Overijssel.
Urk | |
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 Current town and former island of Urk | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg.png.webp) Location in Flevoland | |
| Coordinates: 52°40′N 5°36′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Flevoland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Pieter van Maaren (CDA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 111.86 km2 (43.19 sq mi) |
| • Land | 13.15 km2 (5.08 sq mi) |
| • Water | 98.71 km2 (38.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (January 2019)[4] | |
| • Total | 20,776 |
| • Density | 1,580/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Urker |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 8320–8324 |
| Area code | 0527 |
| Website | www |
Urk is a former island and well-known for its fishery activities.
References
- "Samenstelling college B&W" [Members of the board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Urk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- "Postcodetool for 8321GT". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
Other websites
- Urk website
Media related to Urk at Wikimedia Commons
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