Assen

Summary

Assen is a municipality of the Netherlands^[1]. Assen ranks in the top 7% of municipality_of_the_netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (353 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Assen is located in Drenthe^[3].
• Assen is in the country of Netherlands^[4].
• Assen is on the body of water Noord-Willemskanaal^[5].
• Assen's head of government is recorded as Marco Out^[6].
• Assen's instance of is recorded as municipality of the Netherlands^[7].
• Assen's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Assen's capital is recorded as Assen^[9].
• Assen's shares border with is recorded as Aa en Hunze^[10].
• Assen's shares border with is recorded as Tynaarlo^[11].
• Assen's flag is recorded as flag of Assen^[12].
• Assen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Poznań^[13].
• Assen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bad Bentheim^[14].
• Assen's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Assen^[15].
• Assen's Commons category is recorded as Assen^[16].
• Assen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[17].
• Assen's local dialing code is recorded as 0592^[18].
• Assen's archives at is recorded as Drenthe Archive^[19].
• January 1, 1201 marks the founding of Assen^[20].
• Assen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.99527777777778, 'lon': 6.560555555555555}^[21].
• Assen's official website is recorded as https://www.assen.nl/^[22].
• Assen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Assen^[23].
• Assen's email address is recorded as mailto:[email protected]^[24].
• Assen has a population of {'amount': '+67329'}^[25].
• Assen has a population of {'amount': '+67580'}^[26].
• Assen has a population of {'amount': '+67551'}^[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1201 marks the founding of Assen^[20].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Assen include TT Circuit Assen^[28], a motorsport racing track^[29], in Netherlands^[30], founded in 1955^[31].

Why It Matters

Assen ranks in the top 7% of municipality_of_the_netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (353 views/month).^[2] Assen has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32]

Entities named for Assen include TT Circuit Assen^[28], a motorsport racing track^[29], in Netherlands^[30], founded in 1955^[31].