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Rijssen-Holten

Windmill in Rijssen

Flag	Coat of arms

Location in Overijssel

Established

1 January 2001

Renamed

1 January 2004

Government

• Body

Municipal council

Area

• Total

94.38 km² (36.44 sq mi)

• Land

94.13 km² (36.34 sq mi)

• Water

0.25 km² (0.10 sq mi)

Elevation

14 m (46 ft)

Population

(May 2014)

• Total

37,689

• Density

400/km² (1,000/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Postcode

7450–7463

Area code

0548

Rijssen-Holten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌrɛisə(n) ˈɦɔltə(n)]; Sallaans: Riesn-Hooltn IPA: [ˌriːsn̩ ˈɦoːltn̩]) is a municipality (Dutch: gemeente) in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel.

The municipality was formed in 2001 by the joining of the municipalities of Holten and Rijssen. The area of Holten belongs to the region of Salland and the area of Rijssen to the region of Twente.

Population centres
- Topography
Accessibility
Notable people
- Sport
Gallery
See also

Population centres

Beuseberg,
De Borkeld,
Dijkerhoek (2 km west of Holten),
Espelo,
Holten,
Holterbroek,
Lichtenberg,
Look,
Neerdorp (currently a part of the village Holten)
Rijssen

Only Holten and Rijssen have over 500 inhabitants.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rijssen-Holten, June 2015

Accessibility

Both Holten and Rijssen are easily accessible by car; the A1 motorway (Amsterdam - Berlin) is only a few kilometres away. The distance between Amsterdam and Holten is about 110 km (68 mi). Rijssen lies 7 km (4.3 mi) more to the east.

Notable people

Wolter Wierbos, 2004

Johann Geusendam (1886 in Rijssen - 1945) political activist expelled from Bremen
Bert Haanstra (1916 in Espelo – 1997) a Dutch director of films and documentaries
Jan Baan (born 1946 in Rijssen) a Dutch entrepreneur and venture capitalist
Wolter Wierbos (born 1957 in Holten) a Dutch jazz trombonist

Sport

Jan Wegereef (born 1962 in Rijssen) a Dutch & FIFA football referee
Eric Braamhaar (born 1966 in Rijssen) a Dutch & FIFA football referee
Mark Tuitert (born 1980 in Holten) a Dutch speed skater and gold medallist at the 2010 Winter Olympics