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Country
  
Netherlands

Established
  
1 January 2001

Elevation
  
14 m (46 ft)

Area
  
94.4 km²

Province
  
Overijssel

Renamed
  
1 January 2004

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Thursday 11:34 AM

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Weather
  
17°C, Wind SW at 18 km/h, 62% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Kinderboerderij Dondertman, De Oosterhof, Evenementenweide Oosterhof, Internationaal Brandweermuseum Rijssen, Rijssens Museum

Rijssen-Holten ( pronunciation ) is a municipality (Dutch: gemeente) in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel.

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Map of Rijssen-Holten, Netherlands

The municipality was formed in 2001 by the joining of the municipalities of Holten and Rijssen. The area of Holten belongs to the region of Salland and the area of Rijssen to the region of Twente.

Population centres

  • Beuseberg,
  • De Borkeld,
  • Dijkerhoek (2 km west of Holten),
  • Espelo,
  • Holten,
  • Holterbroek,
  • Lichtenberg,
  • Look,
  • Neerdorp (currently a part of the village Holten)
  • Rijssen

    • Only Holten and Rijssen have over 500 inhabitants.

    Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rijssen-Holten, June 2015

    Accessibility

    Both Holten and Rijssen are easily accessible by car; the A1 motorway (Amsterdam - Berlin) is only a few kilometres away. The distance between Amsterdam and Holten is about 110 km (68 mi). Rijssen lies 7 km (4.3 mi) more to the east.

    References

    Rijssen-Holten Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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