Rijssen-Holten is a municipality

Municipality

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 (Dutch: gemeente) in the eastern Netherlands

Netherlands

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, in the province of Overijssel

Overijssel

Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...

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The municipality was formed in 2001 by the joining of the municipalities of Holten

Holten

Holten is a small village in the municipality of Rijssen-Holten in the Dutch province of Overijssel, with approximately 10,000 inhabitants. Holten is located in an ample-forested area, just south of the Holterberg. This hill, which is about 65m high, is part of the "Sallandse Heuvelrug" National...

 and Rijssen

Rijssen

Rijssen is a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is part of Rijssen-Holten, one of thirteen municipalities in Twente. It has over 28,000 inhabitants...

. The area of Holten belongs to the region of Salland

Salland

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 and the area of Rijssen to the region of Twente

Twente

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Population centres

• Beuseberg,
• De Borkeld,
• Dijkerhoek (2 km west of Holten),
• Espelo,
• Holten
  Holten
  Holten is a small village in the municipality of Rijssen-Holten in the Dutch province of Overijssel, with approximately 10,000 inhabitants. Holten is located in an ample-forested area, just south of the Holterberg. This hill, which is about 65m high, is part of the "Sallandse Heuvelrug" National...
  
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• Holterberg,
• Holterbroek,
• Lichtenberg,
• Look,
• Neerdorp (currently a part of the village Holten)
• Rijssen
  Rijssen
  Rijssen is a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is part of Rijssen-Holten, one of thirteen municipalities in Twente. It has over 28,000 inhabitants...
  
  

Only Holten and Rijssen have over 500 inhabitants.

Accessibility

Both Holten and Rijssen are easily accessible by car; the A1 motorway (Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 - Berlin

Berlin

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) is only a few kilometres away. The distance between Amsterdam and Holten is about 110 km (68.4 mi). Rijssen lies 7 km (4.3 mi) more to the east.

External links

• Official website (Dutch)
• website of the Holten Tourist Office ( Dutch, German)
• website of the Rijssen Tourist Office ( Dutch, German)