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Almelo (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑlməloː] (listen)) is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. The main population centres in the town are Aadorp, Almelo, Mariaparochie, and Bornerbroek.

Almelo
City and municipality
Almelo city centre
Flag
Coat of arms
Location in Overijssel
Almelo
Location within the Netherlands
Almelo
Location within Europe
Coordinates: 52°21′N 6°40′E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceOverijssel
Government
[1]
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorArjen Gerritsen (VVD)
Area
[2]
 • Total69.41 km2 (26.80 sq mi)
 • Land67.27 km2 (25.97 sq mi)
 • Water2.14 km2 (0.83 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (January 2019)[4]
 • Total72,849
 • Density1,083/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
DemonymAlmeloër
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
7600–7614, 7627
Area code0546
Websitewww.almelo.nl

Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle of the rolling countryside of Twente, with the industrial centres of Enschede and Hengelo as close neighbours but also with tourist towns like Ootmarsum, Delden and Markelo only a bicycle ride away. Almelo received city rights in 1394. Within the city limits lies the castle of the Counts of Almelo.

Located in the city centre is Huize Almelo, a castle that in its current form dates back to 1662 (This castle is not open to the public). There are mosaics which decorate the walls of the tunnel close to the railway station.

The city is also known for its local association football club Heracles Almelo, which plays in the Eredivisie, the highest football league in the Netherlands. The club uses the Erve Asito.


History


At the end of the 19th century textile emerged as a major employer and drew many workers to Almelo, at first from within the Netherlands. Since the 1960s workers from Spain and Turkey came to Almelo. The first mosque of the Netherlands was built in Almelo in 1976 for the Turkish population of the city. Almelo also has a sizeable number of Armenians who built their own Armenian Apostolic Church in 2003.[5]

In the 1970s the industry dwindled and most factories were relocated to countries with cheaper labour. Some factories remain in the city centre and are now in use for apartments or offices.


Topography


Topographic map of Almelo, Sept. 2014


Economy


Currently, a major employer in Almelo is Urenco Nederland. This is a uranium enrichment plant which uses the gas centrifuge method and produces uranium with about five percent U-235, for nuclear reactors. An industrial bakery, Bolletje, Malvern Panalytical, the Stichting Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (a hospital) and the regional court are also major employers.


Transport


Almelo station
Almelo station

Almelo has 2 railway stations:

The main station is Almelo and offers links to Hengelo, Enschede, Amersfoort, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Utrecht, Gouda, Rotterdam, The Hague and Zwolle. There is also a train every 2 hours into Germany serving cities such as Osnabrück, Hannover and Berlin.


Sport



Football


Heracles Almelo, a professional football club playing in the Eredivisie is based in Almelo.


Cycling


Since 1983 Almelo has organised the Profronde van Almelo, an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event.


Notable people


Wubbo Ockels, 2007
Wubbo Ockels, 2007
Kea Bouman, 1929
Kea Bouman, 1929
Kirsten Wild, 2018
Kirsten Wild, 2018

Sports



International relations


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands

Twin towns — Sister cities


Almelo is twinned with:

  • Vagharshapat, Armenia

Denizli, Turkey


See also





References


  1. "Portefeuilleverdeling" [Division of tasks] (in Dutch). Gemeente Almelo. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. "Postcodetool for 7607EK". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. "Ontstaan Armeense Kerk Almelo - Onze Kerk".
  6. IMDb Database retrieved 25 October 2019
  7. IMDb Database retrieved 25 October 2019
  8. IMDb Database retrieved 25 October 2019


Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Almelo.

На других языках

[de] Almelo

Almelo ( Aussprache?/i) ist eine Gemeinde in der Provinz Overijssel der Niederlande.
- [en] Almelo

[ru] Алмело

А́лмело (нидерл. Almelo произношение (инф.)) — город и община в Нидерландах в провинции Оверэйсел, по железной дороге находится между Девентером и Хенгело. Большая часть населения Альмело владеет нидерландским, но разговаривает на твентском, диалекте нижненемецкого (нидерл. Nedersaksisch). Твентский наравне с лимбургским — один из двух самых распространённых диалектов в Нидерландах.


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