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Dinkelland
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Castle in Dinkelland
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Location in Overijssel
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Overijssel | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 176.82 km2 (68.27 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 175.76 km2 (67.86 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 1.06 km2 (0.41 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) | ||
| Population
(May 2014)
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| • Total | 25,950 | ||
| • Density | 148/km2 (380/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
| Postcode |
Parts of 7500 and 7600 ranges
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| Area code | 0541, 074 | ||
Dinkelland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɪŋkəllɑnt]) 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.
Population centres
- Breklenkamp
- Denekamp
- Deurningen
- Dulder
- Gammelke
- Groot Agelo
- Het Stift
- Klein Agelo
- Lattrop
- Lemselo
- Noord Deurningen
- Noordijk
- Nutter
- Ootmarsum
- Oud Ootmarsum
- Rossum
- Saasveld
- Tilligte
- Volthe
- Weerselo
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
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