List of regions of the Netherlands

NUTS-1 regions of the Netherlands

The regions of the Netherlands provides links to both regions and subregions of the Netherlands.

Regions[]

The regions of the Netherlands are divided in the North, South, West and East Netherlands. Opposed to common practise in other countries, the Dutch regularly do not define the areas of their country according to position, but on the overall position of the province—the most western tip of Gelderland is clearly positioned south to the centre, yet because the province is considered East this area is too.

Official regions[]

Many regions in the Netherlands are officially defined by certain regulations of organizations.

First level NUTS of the European Union[]

NUTS-1 Regional divisions as used by the European Union:^[1]

Region NL1 (North Netherlands): Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe
Region NL2 (East Netherlands): Overijssel, Gelderland, Flevoland
Region NL3 (West Netherlands): Utrecht, North Holland, South Holland, Zeeland
Region NL4 (South Netherlands): North Brabant, Limburg

Unofficial multi-country regions[]

Unofficial multi-province regions[]

Inter-province metropolitan areas[]

Randstad (North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht and Flevoland)
Stadsregio Arnhem Nijmegen (Gelderland and Limburg)

Subregions[]

The subregions (Dutch: landstreek (plural: landstreken), literally translating to a combination of 'land/country area/region') are non-administrative area in the Netherlands that can be demarcated on grounds of cohesion with regards to culture or landscape. This means that a landstreek is not bound by provincial or municipal boundaries. Below is a list of all Dutch landstreken with the province(s) in which they are located mentioned between brackets.

A[]

Some of the windmills of Kinderdijk in the northwest of the Alblasserwaard

Hollandse Biesbosch near Dordrecht

Achterhoek (Gelderland)
Alblasserwaard (South Holland)
Ameland (Friesland)
Amstelland (North Holland)
Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (North Holland)

B[]

(North Brabant)
Beemster (North Holland)
(South Holland)
Betuwe (Gelderland)
Het Bildt (Friesland)
Bommelerwaard (Gelderland)
(North Brabant)
Brabantse Stedenrij (North Brabant)
(North Brabant)

D[]

(South Holland)
(Friesland)
Drechtsteden (South Holland)
(Groningen)

E[]

(Utrecht)
(Utrecht)
Eiland van Dordrecht (South Holland)
(Drenthe)

F[]

Fivelingo (Groningen)
Flevopolder (Flevoland)
(Friesland)

G[]

(Friesland)
Goeree-Overflakkee (South Holland)
Gooi (North Holland)
(Groningen)
(Gelderland)
(Limburg)
(Groningen)

H[]

Quintessential landscape of the Holland region: Benthuizen polder, as viewed from a dike

Haarlemmermeer (North Holland)
(Groningen)
(Limburg)
Hoeksche Waard (South Holland)
(South Holland)
(Groningen)
(Groningen)
(Groningen)

I[]

IJsselmonde (South Holland)
(IJsselvallei) (Gelderland)
(Groningen)

K[]

Dunes of Kennemerland

(Overijssel)
(Groningen)
Kennemerland (North Holland)
(Friesland)
(North Holland)
Kop van Overijssel (Overijssel)
Krimpenerwaard (South Holland)

L[]

Land van Altena (North Brabant)
Land van Cuijk (North Brabant)
(North Brabant)
Land van Heusden en Altena (North Brabant)
(Gelderland)
(Groningen)
(North Brabant)
(Gelderland)
Lopikerwaard (Utrecht)

M[]

Farmhouse in Veghel, Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant

(North Brabant)
(Limburg)
(Groningen)
(Groningen)
Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch (North Brabant)
(Groningen)
Mergelland (Limburg)
(Groningen)
(Limburg)
Midden-Zeeland (Zeeland)
Middenveld (Drenthe)
(Gelderland)

N[]

(Gelderland)
Noord-Beveland (Zeeland)
(Drenthe)
Noordoostpolder (Flevoland)

O[]

Town of Anloo in the Oostermoer landstreek, Drenthe

Oldambt (Groningen)
Ommelanden (Groningen)
(Flevoland)
(Limburg)
(Groningen)
Oostergo (Friesland)
(Drenthe)
(Gelderland)

P[]

(Limburg)
(South Holland)
Purmer (North Holland)

R[]

Canal in the City of Utrecht, part of the Randstad conurbation

(Groningen)
Rijk van Nijmegen (Gelderland)
Rijnmond (South Holland)
Rivierenland [nl] (Gelderland)
(Drenthe)
Rottumeroog (Groningen)
Rottumerplaat (Groningen)

S[]

Hilly landscape and the town of Eys in South Limburg illustrating the a-typical Dutch landscape of the far-south of the Netherlands

Salland (Overijssel)
Schermer (North Holland)
(South Holland)
Schiermonnikoog (Friesland)
Schouwen-Duiveland (Zeeland)
Sint Philipsland (Zeeland)
South Beveland (Zeeland)
South Limburg (Limburg)
(Flevoland)
(Friesland)
(Utrecht)
(North Holland)

T[]

The Boschplaat nature area on the island of Terschelling, Wadden Islands, Friesland

Terschelling (Friesland)
Texel (North Holland)
(Gelderland)
Tiengemeten (South Holland)
(Zeeland)
Twente (Overijssel)

U[]

(Groningen)

V[]

A forest in the geographically diverse Veluwe landstreek, Gelderland

Town of Harlingen in the Westergo landstreek of Friesland

Veluwe (Gelderland)
Vlieland (Friesland)
Voorne-Putten (South Holland)
(Groningen)

W[]

Walcheren (Zeeland)
(North Holland)
West-Friesland (North Holland)
(Limburg)
Westergo (Friesland)
(Groningen)
(Friesland)
Westerwolde (Groningen)
Westland (South Holland)
Wieringen (North Holland)
Wieringermeer (North Holland)
Wijdewormer (De Wormer) (North Holland)

Z[]

Windmills and the river Zaan, Zaanstreek, North Holland

Zaanstreek (North Holland)
Zeelandic Flanders (Zeeland)
(Friesland)
(North Brabant)
(Drenthe)
Zuiderduintjes (Groningen)
Zuidplaspolder (South Holland)
(Friesland)
Zwijndrechtse Waard (South Holland)

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2010-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2010-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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