Coevorden

Coordinates: 52°40′N 6°45′E / 52.667°N 6.75°E / 52.667; 6.75

Coevorden
—  Municipality  —
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°40′N 6°45′E / 52.667°N 6.75°E / 52.667; 6.75
Country	Netherlands
Province	Drenthe
Area(2006)
- Total	299.68 km2 (115.7 sq mi)
- Land	296.68 km2 (114.5 sq mi)
- Water	3.00 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Total	36,043
- Density	121/km2 (313.4/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Coevorden ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands. During the municipal reorganisation in the province in 1998, Coevorden merged with Dalen, Sleen, Oosterhesselen and Zweeloo.

Population centers

Aalden, Achterste Erm, Ballast, Benneveld, Bovensteenwijksmoer, Coevorden, Dalen, Dalerpeel, Dalerveen, De Bente, De Haar, De Kiel, De Mars, Den Hool, Diphoorn, Eldijk, Erm, Gees, Geesbrug, Grevenberg, 't Haantje, Holsloot, Hoogehaar, Kibbelveen, Klooster, Langerak, Meppen, Nieuwe Krim, Nieuwlande, Noord-Sleen, Oosterhesselen, Padhuis, Pikveld, Schimmelarij, Schoonoord, Sleen, Steenwijksmoer, Stieltjeskanaal, Valsteeg, Veenhuizen, Vlieghuis, Vossebelt, Wachtum, Weijerswold, Wezup, Wezuperbrug, Zweeloo and Zwinderen.

The city of Coevorden

Fortification plan of Coevorden, in Star fort style.

Coevorden received city rights in 1408.

The city was reconstructed in the early seventeenth century by Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange to an ideal city design, similar to Palmanova. The streets were laid out in a radial pattern within polygonal fortifications and extensive outer earthworks.

Incidentally, the city of Coevorden may have indirectly given its name to the city of Vancouver, which is named after the 18th-century British explorer George Vancouver. The explorer's ancestors (and family name) may have originally come to England "from Coevorden" (van Coevorden > Vancoevorden > Vancouver).^[1]

It's name (Coevorden) has the same literal meaning as of "Bosporus" and "Oxford".

International relations

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

Twin towns — Sister cities

Coevorden is twinned with:

• Brest, Belarus

Transportation

• Coevorden railway station

References

1. ^ http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/archives_coevorden.htm

External links

• Official website
• Map