Dinkelland

Dinkelland
Dinkelland
	Municipality
	Castle in Dinkelland
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Overijssel
	Coordinates: 52°22′N 7°0′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Overijssel
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Acting Mayor	John Joosten (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	176.83 km2 (68.27 sq mi)
• Land	175.71 km2 (67.84 sq mi)
• Water	1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	26 m (85 ft)
Population (January 2019)[4]
• Total	26,350
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	Parts of 7500 and 7600 ranges
Area code	0541, 074
Website	www.dinkelland.nl

Dinkelland (pronunciation ) is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. For a short time it was known as Denekamp (one of its component towns) until it was renamed in 2002.

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Dinkelland, June 2015

Population centres

Notable people

Johan Jongkind (1819 in Lattrop – 1891) a Dutch painter and printmaker
Theo Budde (1889 in Ootmarsum - 1959) a watchmaker, jeweler, antique dealer and poet
Ton Schulten (born 1938 in Ootmarsum) a Dutch painter who mainly paints landscapes
Roméo Dallaire (born 1946 in Denekamp) a Canadian humanitarian, author, statesman and retired senator and general
Marcha (born 1956 in Lattrop) a Dutch singer and TV presenter, took part in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest
Han Polman (born 1963 in Ootmarsum) a Dutch politician
Tanja Nijmeijer (born 1978 in Denekamp) a Dutch former guerrilla fighter in Colombia and English teacher

Sport

Felix von Heijden (1890 in Weerselo – 1982) a footballer team bronze medallist at the 1920 Summer Olympics; & Mayor of Rosmalen 1923–1955
Hennie Kuiper (born 1949 in Denekamp) a former professional road racing cyclist, gold medallist at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Jos Lansink (born 1961 in Weerselo) an equestrian, team gold medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Marieke Westerhof (born 1974 in Denekamp) a retired rower, team silver medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Elles Leferink (born 1976 in Weerselo) a volleyball player, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

"Ineke Bakker (acting mayor)" (in Dutch). Gemeente Dinkelland. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
"Postcodetool for 7591MA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

External links

Media related to Dinkelland at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (in Dutch)

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[mayor_now-1] "Ineke Bakker (acting mayor)" (in Dutch). Gemeente Dinkelland. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[AHN-3] "Postcodetool for 7591MA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 27 March 2014.

[4] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.