Rijssen-Holten

Rijssen-Holten (pronunciation ) is a municipality (Dutch: gemeente) in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel.

Rijssen-Holten
Municipality
Windmill in Rijssen
Coat of arms
Location in Overijssel
Coordinates: 52°18′N 6°31′E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceOverijssel
Established1 January 2001[1]
Renamed1 January 2004[2]
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorArco Hofland (CDA)
Area
 • Total94.38 km2 (36.44 sq mi)
 • Land94.13 km2 (36.34 sq mi)
 • Water0.25 km2 (0.10 sq mi)
Elevation14 m (46 ft)
Population
 (January 2019)[6]
 • Total38,300
 • Density407/km2 (1,050/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
7450–7463
Area code0548
Websitewww.rijssen-holten.nl

The municipality was formed in 2001 by the joining of the municipalities of Holten and Rijssen. The area of Holten belongs to the region of Salland and the area of Rijssen to the region of Twente.

Population centres
  • Beuseberg,
  • De Borkeld,
  • Dijkerhoek (2 km west of Holten),
  • Espelo,
  • Holten,
  • Holterbroek,
  • Lichtenberg,
  • Look,
  • Neerdorp (currently a part of the village Holten)
  • Rijssen

Only Holten and Rijssen have over 500 inhabitants.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rijssen-Holten, June 2015

Accessibility

Both Holten and Rijssen are easily accessible by car; the A1 motorway (Amsterdam - Berlin) is only a few kilometres away. The distance between Amsterdam and Holten is about 110 km (68 mi). Rijssen lies 7 km (4.3 mi) more to the east.

Notable people
Wolter Wierbos, 2004
  • Johann Geusendam (1886 in Rijssen - 1945) political activist expelled from Bremen
  • Bert Haanstra (1916 in Espelo – 1997) a Dutch director of films and documentaries [7]
  • Jan Baan (born 1946 in Rijssen) a Dutch entrepreneur and venture capitalist
  • Wolter Wierbos (born 1957 in Holten) a Dutch jazz trombonist

Sport
  • Holten, kerk
  • Pelmolen Ter Horst en Enterse zomp Rijssen
  • Oosterhof, Rijssen
  • Oosterhof, Rijssen
  • Overzicht rechter zijgevel en achtergevel - Rijssen

References
  1. "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2001" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2001]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2004" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2004]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. "College samenstelling" [Members of the board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Rijssen-Holten. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  5. "Postcodetool for 7461DD". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  6. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  7. IMDb Database retrieved 05 October 2019
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