Utrecht (province)

Coordinates: 52°6′12″N 5°10′45″E / 52.10333°N 5.17917°E / 52.10333; 5.17917
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Province of Utrecht
Provincie Utrecht (Dutch)
Province
3rd
GDP
[3]
 • Total€81.305 billion
 • Per capita€62,800
ISO 3166 codeNL-UT
HDI (2021)0.964[4]
very high · 1st of 12
Websitewww.provincie-utrecht.nl
Dom Tower in the city of Utrecht.
Wulperhorst Mansion near Zeist.

Utrecht (Dutch pronunciation:

railway station in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal, is located in the province of Utrecht.[5]

History

The

Guelders, between whose territories the lands of the Bishops of Utrecht lay, also sought to acquire influence over the filling of the episcopal see. This often led to disputes and consequently the Holy See
frequently interfered in the election. After the middle of the 14th century the popes repeatedly appointed the bishop directly without regard to the five chapters.

During the

Second Utrecht Civil War
(1481–1483).

In 1527, the Bishop sold his territories, and thus his secular authority, to Holy Roman Emperor

Dutch Revolt against Charles' successor Philip II in 1579, becoming a part of the Dutch Republic
.

In

area and population
.

Geography

In the east of Utrecht lies the

heath has been planted with pine plantations. The south of the province is a river landscape. The west consists mostly of meadows. In the north are big lakes formed by the digging of peat
from bogs formed after the last ice age.

Nature

A site in Utrecht's nature reserve, Blauwe Kamer [nl] near Rhenen

One of the most attractive natural areas in the province is the Vechtstreek ("Vecht region"), situated on either side of the Vecht river.

An international nature conservation organisation that has settled the head office of its Netherlands branch in this province (at Zeist) is the WWF.

"Natuur en Milieu" ("Nature and Environment")[10] is a national nature protection organisation whose head office is in this province (at Utrecht city).

Municipalities

Main article: List of municipalities in Utrecht

The Province of Utrecht is divided into 26 municipalities.

Foreign population

Population of the province of Utrecht by country of birth of the parents of citizens (2020)[11]
Country/Territory Population
Netherlands Netherlands 1,036,856 (76.53%)
Morocco Morocco 57,563 (4.24%)
Indonesia Indonesia 31,934 (2.35%)
Turkey Turkey 30,783 (2.27%)
Germany Germany 20,089 (1.48%)
Suriname Suriname 19,441 (1.43%)
Netherlands Dutch Caribbean 9,063 (0.67%)
Poland Poland 8,006 (0.59%)
Soviet Union Soviet Union 6,873 (0.50%)
UK
 6,864 (0.50%)
China China[a] 6,276 (0.46%)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 6,201 (0.45%)
Belgium Belgium 5,759 (0.43%)
Iraq Iraq 5,145 (0.38%)
India India 5,071 (0.37%)
Other 98,910 (7.30%)

Religion

Religion in Utrecht (province) (2015)[12]

  Not religious (54.3%)
  Protestant Church in the Netherlands (20.3%)
  Roman Catholicism (13.2%)
  Other (6.6%)
  Islam (5.6%)

In 2015, 20.3% of the population belonged to the

Roman Catholic, 6.6% belonged to other churches or faiths, and 5.6% were Muslim
. Over half of the population (54.3%) identified as non-religious.

Economy

The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 71.5 billion € in 2018, accounting for 9.2% of the Netherlands economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 47,900 € or 159% of the EU27 average in the same year.[13]

Notable residents

Notes

  1. ^ Excluding Hong Kong and Macau

References

  1. ^ Statistieken provincie Utrecht - Gegevens over meer dan 100 onderwerpen!, AlleCijfers.nl
  2. ^ a b "CBS StatLine".
  3. ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  5. ^ Gerling, Marco (2019-07-04). "Utrecht Centraal blijft drukste station van Nederland, station Leidsche Rijn groeit het snelst". Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  6. ^ "Drie provincies denken over fusie". nos.nl. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Randstadprovincies bekijken fusie". rtlnieuws. 2011-02-04. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  8. ^ Willems, Marije (4 February 2011). "Randstadprovincies onderzoeken fusie". NRC. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Provincie Zuid-Holland - Nieuwsbericht". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  10. ^ "Gezond en Duurzaam-Natuur & Milieu". Natuur & Milieu. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  11. ^ "CBS Statline". opendata.cbs.nl.
  12. ^ Helft Nederlanders is kerkelijk of religieus, CBS, 22 december 2016
  13. ^ "Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018". Eurostat.
  14. ^ Rockwell, William Walker (1911). "Adrian (popes)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). pp. 215–216, see page 216. Adrian VI. (Adrian Dedel...1459–1523), pope from 1522 to 1523, was born at Utrecht in March 1459, and....
  15. ^ "Buys Ballot's Law" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 894.

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