Country Netherlands Elevation 1 m (3 ft) Postcode 8060–8064, 8280–8299 Area 87.91 km² Province Overijssel Team SC Genemuiden | Established 1 January 2001 Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.zwartewaterland.nl Local time Sunday 5:42 PM Area code 038 | |
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Weather 15°C, Wind NW at 18 km/h, 63% Humidity Points of interest Stoomgemaal Mastenbroek, D' Olde Mesiene, Oude Jan | ||
Zwartewaterland ( pronunciation ) is a municipality in the province Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands.
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Map of Zwartewaterland, Netherlands
Geography
This mainly rural municipality lies south of Steenwijkerland on the Zwarte Water (Black Water). This is a short tributary of the river IJssel from Zwolle to the Zwarte Meer (Black Lake). This lake was before 1931 a part of the Zuiderzee. The Vecht also flows into the Zwarte Water. Hasselt lies about 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Zwolle.
Genemuiden and Zwartsluis lie 5 km further north, almost opposite one another, near the Zwarte Water. Aquatic sport tourism is important to the local economy.
Population centres
The most important places are printed in bold type.
Hasselt and Zwartsluis have small ports with some industry. Genemuiden is the biggest of the three towns, and is home to the majority of Zwartewaterland's population and industry.