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 (129 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 image is recorded as AssenMarkt.JPG^[7].
• Assen's instance of is recorded as municipality of the Netherlands^[8].
• Assen's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Assen's capital is recorded as Assen^[10].
• Assen's flag image is recorded as Flag of Assen.svg^[11].
• Assen's shares border with is recorded as Aa en Hunze^[12].
• Assen's shares border with is recorded as Tynaarlo^[13].
• Assen's coat of arms image is recorded as Assen wapen.svg^[14].
• Assen's logo image is recorded as Assen-gemeente-logo.svg^[15].
• Assen's flag is recorded as flag of Assen^[16].
• Assen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Poznań^[17].
• Assen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bad Bentheim^[18].
• Assen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 161428089^[19].
• Assen's GND ID is recorded as 4262868-4^[20].
• Assen's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Assen^[21].
• Assen's locator map image is recorded as Map - NL - Municipality code 0106 (2009).svg^[22].
• Assen's locator map image is recorded as NL - locator map municipality code GM0106 (2016).png^[23].
• Assen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81081134^[24].
• Assen's Commons category is recorded as Assen^[25].
• Assen's CBS municipality code is recorded as 0106^[26].
• Assen's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 412268^[27].

Body

Founding

+1201-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Assen^[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Assen include TT Circuit Assen^[29], a motorsport racing track^[30], in Netherlands^[31], founded in 1955^[32].

Why It Matters

Assen ranks in the top 7% of municipality_of_the_netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).^[2] Assen has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33]

Entities named for Assen include TT Circuit Assen^[29], a motorsport racing track^[30], in Netherlands^[31], founded in 1955^[32].