Elevation −3 m (−10 ft) Postcode 8300–8319 Area 596.2 km² | Established 1 January 1962 Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.noordoostpolder.nl Local time Wednesday 9:20 AM Area code 0527 | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 93% Humidity | ||
Noordoostpolder ([ˈnoːrtoːstˌpɔldər], English: North-East Polder) is a municipality in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Formerly, it was also called Urker Land. Emmeloord is the administrative center, located in the heart of the Noordoostpolder. The municipality has the largest land area in the Netherlands. (Lelystad and Terschelling both technically have more total area, but in both cases it is mostly water area.)
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Map of Noordoostpolder, Netherlands
For history see Zuiderzee Works.
Population centres
The population centres are Bant, Creil, Emmeloord, Ens, Espel, Kraggenburg, Luttelgeest, Marknesse, Nagele, Rutten, and Tollebeek.
The former island of Schokland, is now a museum.
The town and former island of Urk, in the southwest, now surrounded by the Noordoostpolder, is a separate municipality.
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, June 2015
Rail links
There are no railway stations in the Noordoostpolder, but the nearest stations are in Kampen, Steenwijk and Lelystad. From 9 December 2012, with the opening of the Hanzelijn, Dronten and Kampen Zuid, will be even closer.
UNESCO World Heritage sites
UNESCO World Heritage sites located in/near the Noordoostpolder: