Weesp
Sign in to saveWeesp, former city hall - nowadays museum|thumb|250px Weesp () is a city and an urban area in the municipality of Amsterdam in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of in . It lies on the river Vecht and next to the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal in an area called the Vechtstreek. The former municipality of Weesp merged with Amsterdam on 24 March 2022.
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Weesp is a former independent municipality in the Netherlands that merged with Amsterdam in 2022 and is now a city and urban area within Amsterdam, located in North Holland along the Vecht river. It matters as a historical part of the Amsterdam area and retains cultural significance, including its former city hall building which now serves as a museum.
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- Weesp
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- City
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- Weesp Netherlands.svg
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- 100x67px
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- Coat of arms of Weesp.svg
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- 100x80px
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- Gemeente Amsterdam Weesp logo.png
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- Brandmark
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- 100
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- Map - NL - Municipality code 0457 (2009).svg
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- Highlighted position of Weesp in a municipal map of North Holland
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- Location in North Holland
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- History
- Population centres
- Economy
- Tourism
- Urban area government
- Transport
- Notable people
- Sport
- See also
- References
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Weesp, former city hall - nowadays museum|thumb|250px Weesp () is a city and an urban area in the municipality of Amsterdam in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of in . It lies on the river Vecht and next to the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal in an area called the Vechtstreek. The former municipality of Weesp merged with Amsterdam on 24 March 2022.
== History == thumb|left|Topographic map of Weesp, January 2016 Until the early Middle Ages the region around Weesp was an uninhabited peat bog. Weesp (Wesopa in Latin documents) was granted city rights in 1355 and celebrated its 650th anniversary as a city in 2005.