Place:Flevoland, Netherlands

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Name	Flevoland
Alt names	FL	source: Abbreviation
	FLD	source: Abbreviation
	Provincie Flevoland
Type	Provincie
Coordinates	52.5°N 5.5°E
Located in	Netherlands (1986 - )

Contained Places

Gemeente: Almere ( 1984 - ); Dronten ( 1972 - ); Lelystad ( 1980 - ); Noordoostpolder ( 1986 - ); Urk ( 1986 - ); Zeewolde ( 1984 - )
General region: Noordoost Polder; Oostelijk Flevoland; Zuidelijk Flevoland
Stad: Emmeloord ( 1986 - )
Voormalige gemeente: Noordoostelijke Polder ( 1986 - )

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source: Family History Library Catalog

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Flevoland is the 12th and youngest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the Southern and Eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder were merged into one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the country in the former Zuiderzee, which was turned into the freshwater IJsselmeer by the closure of the Afsluitdijk in 1932. Almost all of the land belonging to Flevoland was reclaimed in the 1950s and 1960s while splitting the Markermeer and Bordering lakes from the IJsselmeer. As to dry land, it is the smallest province of the Netherlands at , but not gross land as that includes much of the waters of the fresh water lakes (meres) mentioned. The province has a population of 423,021^[1] as of January 2020 and consists of six municipalities. Its capital is Lelystad and its most populous city is Almere.

Flevoland is bordered in the extreme north by Friesland, in the northeast by Overijssel, and in the northwest by the lakes Markermeer and IJsselmeer. In the southeast, the province borders on Gelderland, and in the southwest on Utrecht and North Holland.

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