Editing Dronten

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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Dronten
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Bell tower Dronten.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Dronten bell tower
| image_flag              = Flag of Dronten.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Dronten wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0303 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Dronten in a municipal map of Flevoland
| map_caption             = Location in Flevoland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|31|N|5|43|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Flevoland]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 1972
| government_footnotes    = 
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Jean Paul Gebben]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Dronten}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Dronten}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Dronten}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
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| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Dronten}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Drontenaar
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 8250–8259
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0321
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.dronten.nl}}
| footnotes               =
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'''Dronten''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈdrɔntə(n)|-|255 Dronten.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a [[town]] in the central [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[Flevoland]].  It had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Dronten}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}.

== History ==
[[File:Gemeentehuis Dronten (2024).jpg|thumb|The town hall of the municipality of Dronten.]]
Plans for the municipality of Dronten were made in the early half of the 1950s; real plans for the town of Dronten (the municipality's center) were revealed in 1958.

The foundations for the town were laid in 1960. Right from the start there was a discussion whether Dronten was to become a town or a city. The first plans assumed 15,000 inhabitants, while later plans foresaw a growth to 30,000 inhabitants. The first plans for the municipality assumed ten smaller villages situated around the central town (in this case, Dronten). The number of villages was reduced because of increased motorized traffic and experiences gained in developing the [[Noordoostpolder]], where a similar municipality had already been built. Eventually, it was decided that there were to be two smaller villages ([[Biddinghuizen]] and [[Swifterbant]]) and one larger town (Dronten).

On 1 January 1972, Dronten was given its official name.

In 1995, Dronten hosted in Biddinghuizen the [[18th World Scout Jamboree]]. 28,960 Scouts and staff members from 166 countries and territories participated this event.

== Population centers ==
*[[Biddinghuizen]]
*Dronten
*[[Swifterbant]]
*Ketelhaven

=== Topography ===
[[File:Dronten-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg|480px]]

''Dutch Topographic map of Dronten (town), March 2014.''

== Transportation ==
[[File:Station Dronten.jpg|thumb|Railway station Dronten]]
Dronten has a [[Dronten railway station|railway station]] on the [[Lelystad-Zwolle railway]].

The majority of [[velomobile]] manufacturers in the world are based in Dronten. They include Alligt, velomobiel.nl and InterCityBike.

== Entertainment ==
Biddinghuizen contains the theme park [[Walibi Holland]].

== Sister city relations ==
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ōgata, Akita]], Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=05&n=Akita%20Prefecture|title=International Exchange|work=List of Affiliation Partners within Prefectures|publisher=Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)|access-date=21 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121141212/http://www.clair.or.jp/cgi-bin/simai/e/03.cgi?p=05&n=Akita%20Prefecture|archive-date=21 November 2015}}</ref> (friendship city)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Beitske Visser.JPG|125px|thumb|Beitske Visser, 2012]]

* [[Patrick Paauwe]] (born 1977), Dutch former professional footballer with 451 caps
* [[Cees Paauwe]] (born 1975), Dutch former football goalkeeper with over 100 caps
* [[Bertolf Lentink]] (born 1980), Dutch singer/songwriter who plays guitar and piano
* [[Ricardo Talu]] (born 1993), Dutch-Angolan professional footballer
* [[Hakim Ziyech]] (born 1993), [[Moroccans in the Netherlands|Dutch-Moroccan]] professional footballer, currently playing for [[Galatasaray]]
* [[Beitske Visser]] (born 1995), Dutch female racing driver

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.dronten.nl Official website]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Dronten
|North     = [[Urk]], [[Noordoostpolder]]<br>''[[Ketelmeer]]''
|East      = ''[[Vossemeer]]'' / [[Kampen, Overijssel|Kampen]]&nbsp;([[Overijssel|OV]])<br>''[[Drontermeer]]'' / [[Oldebroek]]&nbsp;([[Gelderland|GE]])
|Southeast = ''[[Veluwemeer]]'' / [[Elburg]]&nbsp;([[Gelderland|GE]])
|South     = ''[[Veluwemeer]]''<br>[[Harderwijk]]&nbsp;([[Gelderland|GE]]), [[Nunspeet]]&nbsp;([[Gelderland|GE]])
|Southwest = [[Zeewolde]]
|West      = [[Lelystad]]
|Northwest = ''[[IJsselmeer]]''
}}
{{Flevoland Province}}

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[[Category:Dronten| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Flevoland]]
[[Category:Populated places in Flevoland]]