Kop van Overijssel


The Kop van Overijssel is a region in the very northwestern part of the Dutch province of Overijssel. It consists of the municipality of Steenwijkerland and matches the historical region of the Land van Vollenhove. In past times it comprised a wider area, the municipalities of Kampen, Zwartewaterland and Staphorst also belonging to it.
The Kop van Overijssel has about 43,000 inhabitants and an area of about 322 km², of which a tenth is water. The 'capital' is Steenwijk. Other noteworthy places are Blokzijl, Giethoorn and Vollenhove.
The region is nearly surrounded by three provincial borders: in the west that of Flevoland, in the north that of Friesland and in the east that of Drenthe. In the south it borders on Salland, another region of Overijssel.
The area contains a vast marsh of about 60 km² called Nationaal Park Weerribben-Wieden, which is a national park and includes two great lakes called Beulakerwijde and Belterwijde.

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File:Giethoorn 01.JPG|Canal in Giethoorn
File:De Wicher Weerribben.jpg|Windmill near Kalenberg
File:Steenwijk centrum van boven.jpg|Steenwijk from above
File:Blokzijl Havenkolk2.jpg|Harbor of Blokzijl
File:Beulakerwijde.jpg|Shore of the Beulakerwijde
File:Grafheuvels in het Eeserveld.jpg|Barrows near Eesveen
File:Hoofdstraat 96 Oldemarkt.jpg|Old houses in Oldemarkt
File:Nederland.jpg|Hamlet of Nederland