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Drawbridge, as seen from the Westerhoeven|thumb|280px Vriezenveen (Lower Saxon: '''t Vjenne, Venne, Vjenne, Vreeznven or Vreeinvenne'') is a town in the municipality of Twenterand in the Dutch province of Overijssel. The population was 13,800 on January 1, 2020.

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Place details

Locality
Vriezenveen
Region
Overijssel
Country
Nederland
Population
12,310
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam

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Key facts

Settlement.subdivision_name1
Overijssel
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Twenterand
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.pushpin_map
Netherlands Overijssel#Netherlands
Settlement.image_shield
Vriezenveen wapen.svg
Settlement.image_flag
Vriezenveen vlag.svg
Settlement.official_name
Vriezenveen
Settlement.population_total
13.800
Settlement.elevation_m
10
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+2
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.timezone_DST
CEST
Settlement.timezone1
CET

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Religion
  • Trade
  • Points of interest
  • Museums
  • Monuments and buildings
  • Sports and leisure
  • Traffic and transport
  • Language
  • History
  • Preservation
  • Notable residents
  • Literature and sources
  • Gallery
  • References
  • External links

Drawbridge, as seen from the Westerhoeven|thumb|280px Vriezenveen (Lower Saxon: '''t Vjenne, Venne, Vjenne, Vreeznven or Vreeinvenne) is a town in the municipality of Twenterand in the Dutch province of Overijssel. The population was 13,800 on January 1, 2020.

Until July 1, 2002, Vriezenveen formed an independent municipality together with the villages of De Pollen, Westerhaar-Vriezenveensewijk, Aadorp and the hamlets Bruinehaar, Weitemanslanden and Westerhoeven. In 2001, the municipality of Vriezenveen was merged with the municipality of Den Ham, which included the villages of Den Ham, Vroomshoop, and Geerdijk. The new municipality was called Vriezenveen and renamed Twenterand in 2003.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vriezenveen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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