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Also known as Urk, Flevoland, Urk, Netherlands

Urk (; ; ) is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the center-north of the Netherlands with a population of 22,173 as of 2025. It is surrounded by the Noordoostpolder on land and is on the coast of the IJsselmeer. Urk was formerly an island in the Almere, an inland sea that would become part of the Zuiderzee in the 13th century after a series of incursions by the North Sea. The building of a dike from Lemmer in 1939 ended Urk's status as an island and connected it to the Dutch mainland.

AI overview

Urk is a town in the Netherlands with about 22,000 people that sits on the coast of the IJsselmeer and was once an island before being connected to the mainland by a dike in 1939. It matters as a notable example of how the Dutch have transformed their landscape through engineering projects that have reshaped the geography and settlement patterns of their country.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Urk
Settlement.native_name_lang: wep
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Urk harbor.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The quay of Urk
Settlement.image_flag: Urker vlag met schelvis 25-12-2016.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Urk.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.shield_alt: Map - NL - Municipality code 0184 (2009).svg
Settlement.image_map: Map_-_NL_-_Municipality_code_0184_(2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Urk in a municipal map of Flevoland
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Urk municipality
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Flevoland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country

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Official website

Home | Gemeente Urk

Welkom op de website van de gemeente Urk. Hier kunt u informatie vinden voor inwoners, voor ondernemers en informatie over het bestuur van de gemeente. Via 'Mijn Urk' kunt u inloggen in uw persoonlijke pagina.

urk.nl →

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