Coevorden

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Coevorden is a historic city and municipality in the northeastern Netherlands, known for its medieval fortress layout and strategic location near the German border.

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Label Occurrences
Coevorden canonical 3
municipality of Coevorden 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality of the Netherlands
borderProximity Germany
country Netherlands
etymologyRelatedTo cow ford
governingBody municipal council of Coevorden
hasAreaCode 0524
hasCityStatus city
hasCoatOfArms coat of arms of Coevorden
hasFlag flag of Coevorden
hasFortificationType star fort
hasHistoricalEvent sieges during the Eighty Years War
hasHistoricStructure Castle of Coevorden
city ramparts remnants
hasMayor René van der Weide
hasMunicipalStatus municipality
hasNotableIndustry agriculture
light manufacturing
logistics
hasPopulation approximately 35000 (municipality)
hasPostalCodePrefix 7740
7741
hasProvinceCapital Assen
hasRailwayStation Station Coevorden
hasSettlement Dalen
Nieuw-Amsterdam
Oosterhesselen
Schoonebeek
Sleen
Zweeloo
hasTwinTown Havířov
Nordhorn
Pfreimd
historicalRole fortified border town
knownFor historic city center
medieval fortress layout
strategic location near the German border
locatedIn Northern Netherlands
northeastern Netherlands
province of Drenthe
locatedOn Pikmeer and surrounding waterways
mayorParty BBB
partOf European Union
Kingdom of the Netherlands
region of Drenthe
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
usesLanguage Dutch
usesRegionalLanguage Drents

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Drenthe hasMunicipality Coevorden
subject linked to: Drenthe, Netherlands
Emmen borderedBy municipality of Coevorden
linked to: Coevorden