Urk
town and municipality in Flevoland, the Netherlands
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Summary
Urk is a municipality of the Netherlands[1]. Urk ranks in the top 4% of municipality of the netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,931 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Flevoland[3]
- Country: Netherlands[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: IJsselmeer[5]
- Instance of: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[6], town[7]
- Shares border with: Noordoostpolder[8], Lelystad[9], Dronten[10], Enkhuizen[11]
- Flag: flag of Urk[12]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Urk[13]
- Postal code: 8320–8324[14]
- Commons category: Urk[15]
- Located in time zone: Central European Time[16]
- Local dialing code: 0527[17]
- Archives at: Provincial archive for Flevoland[18]
- Official website: https://www.urk.nl/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Urk[20]
- Commons gallery: Urk[21]
- Email address: mailto:gemeente@urk.nl[22]
- Population: 19,989[23], 20,220[24], 20,524[25], 20,776[26], 789[27], 1025[28], 1214[29], 1391[30], 1631[31], 2136[32], 2596[33], 2764[34], 2674[35], 2975[36]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Urk[37]
- Phone number: +31527689868[38]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[39]
- Official name: Urk[40]
- List of monuments: list of war memorials in Urk[41]
- Number of households: 5844[42], 5754[43], 5631[44], 5541[45], 5391[46], 5298[47]
- Demonym: Urker[48]
Why It Matters
Urk has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Urk is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]