Rijssen-Holten

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Country	Netherlands
Rijssen-Holten

Province	Overijssel
Area (2006)
- Total	94.40 km² (36.4 sq mi)
- Land	94.18 km² (36.4 sq mi)
- Water	0.22 km² (0.1 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Total	36,577
- Density	388/km² (1,004.9/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Rijssen-Holten is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands, the result of a merger in 2001, after 2003 the working title Rijssen was replaced by the new name Rijssen-Holten.

[edit] Population centres

Beuseberg, De Borkeld, Dijkerhoek (2 km west of Holten), Espelo, Holten, Holterberg, Holterbroek, Lichtenberg, Look, Neerdorp (actually a part of the village Holten) and Rijssen. Only Holten and Rijssen have more than 500 inhabitants. 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 (70 miles). Rijssen lies 7 km (4,5 miles) more to the east.

[edit] External links

Official website (Dutch)
website of the Holten Tourist Office ( Dutch, German)
website of the Rijssen Tourist Office ( Dutch, German)

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