Demonym(s) Wierdenaar Postcode 7464–7469, 7640–7649 Area 95.24 km² | Elevation 11 m (36 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area code 0546, 0547, 0548 Local time Sunday 10:06 PM Team SV Zwaluwen Wierden | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 79% Humidity | ||
Wierden ( pronunciation ) is a town and a municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel.
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Map of Wierden, Netherlands
The municipality of Wierden also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Enter, Hoge Hexel, IJpelo, Notter, Rectum (Wierden) Zuna.
The municipality has 10 primary schools and 1 secondary school. There are 2 soccer clubs, 2 tennis clubs and 1 volleyball club, this is only the top of the clubs. The village has 3 cemeteries in total of which, only one is currently in use. The major is Henk Robben, who is also the chair of the board of major and aldermen.
In midsummer the locally known, 3-day festival "WieZo" is held. Which starts on a Thursday and ends Saturdays. Every night there are 2 musical acts on the Binnenhof. On Saturday there is also the Wiezoloop.
Twin towns — sister cities
Wierden is twinned with:
Since September 2010, the town council decided to stop the cooperation between the municipalities because of the high costs and too low benefit.