Overijssel

Overijssel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌoˑvərˈɛi̯səl] ( listen)) (Dutch Law Saxon: Oaveriessel) is a province o the Netherlands in the central eastren pairt o the Kintra. The region haes a NUTS classification o NL21. The province's name means "Lands athort river IJssel". The caipital ceety o Overijssel is Zwolle an the lairgest ceety is Enschede. The province haes a population o 1,113,529 inhabitants.

Overijssel
Province
Banner Coat airms
Anthem: Aan de rand van Hollands gouwen
Location of Overijssel in the Netherlands
Kintra	Netherlands
Caipital	Zwolle
Lairgest ceety	Enschede
Govrenment
• Queen's Commissioner	Andries Heidema (CU)
Area
• Land	3.327 km2 (1.285 sq mi)
• Water	94 km2 (36 sq mi)
Area rank	4t
Population  (2006)
• Land	1,113,529
• Rank	7t
• Density	330,000/km2 (870,000/sq mi)
• Density rank	7t
ISO 3166 code	NL-OV
Releegion (2006)	Non-releegious 37% Protestants 29% Catholic 26% Muslim 2% Ithers 6%
Website	www.overijssel.nl

External links

• Overijssel Website (in English) Archived 2006-06-15 at the Wayback Machine