Second-level administrative divisions of the Netherlands
Municipalities of the Netherlands Nederlandse gemeenten(Dutch)
Map of regular municipalities of the Netherlands, as of 1 January 2024
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342 + 3 (as of 1 January 2024)
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Regular municipalities (342) Special municipalities (3)
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Since 1 January 2023, there have been 342 regular municipalities[1] (Dutch: gemeenten) and three special municipalities (bijzondere gemeenten) in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean. Municipalities are the second-level administrative division, or public bodies (openbare lichamen), in the Netherlands and are subdivisions of their respective provinces. Their duties are delegated to them by the central government and they are ruled by a municipal council that is elected every four years. Municipal mergers have reduced the total number of municipalities by two-thirds since the first official boundaries were created in the mid 19th century. Municipalities themselves are informally subdivided into districts and neighbourhoods for administrative and statistical purposes.[2]
These municipalities come in a wide range of sizes, Westervoort is the smallest with a land area of 7.01 km2 (2.71 sq mi) and Súdwest-Fryslân the largest with a land area of 522.7 km2 (201.8 sq mi). Schiermonnikoog is both the least populated, with 982 people, and the least densely populated municipality at 23/km2 (60/sq mi). Amsterdam has the highest population with 918,117 residents as of January 2023, whereas The Hague is the most densely populated with a density of 6,827/km2 (17,680/sq mi).
^"Gemeentelijke herindeling" [Municipal reorganisation] (in Dutch). Government of the Netherlands. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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