Editing Zwartewaterland

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Zwartewaterland
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Zwarte-Water, haveningang Genemuiden.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Harbour of [[Genemuiden]]
| image_flag              = Flag of Zwartewaterland.svg
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| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Zwartewaterland.svg
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| shield_alt              = 
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 1896 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Zwartewaterland in a municipal map of Overijssel
| map_caption             = Location in Overijssel
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|35|N|6|6|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       = [[Overijssel]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 2001<ref>{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/2001/default.htm
 |title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2001
 |trans-title = Municipal divisions on 1 January 2001
 |language = nl
 |website = cbs.nl
 |publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]]
 |access-date = 2 April 2014}}</ref>
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.zwartewaterland.nl/bestuur/samenstelling-college_3835/
 |title = Samenstelling college
 |trans-title = Members of the board
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Zwartewaterland
 |access-date = 3 April 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Eddy Bilder]]
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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|Zwartewaterland}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Zwartewaterland}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Zwartewaterland}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 8061CB
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 2 April 2014}}</ref>
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Zwartewaterland}}
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 8060–8064, 8280–8299
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 038
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.zwartewaterland.nl/}}
| footnotes               =
}}
[[File:Gem-Zwartewaterland-OpenTopo.jpg|270px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Zwartewaterland, Sept. 2014'']]
'''Zwartewaterland''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌzʋɑrtəˈʋaːtərlɑnt|-|Nl-Zwartewaterland.oga}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the province [[Overijssel]] in the eastern [[Netherlands]].

== Geography ==
This mainly rural municipality lies south of [[Steenwijkerland]] on the ''Zwarte Water'' (Black Water). This is a short tributary of the river [[IJssel]] from [[Zwolle]] to the ''Zwarte Meer'' (Black Lake). Before 1931 this lake was a part of the [[Zuiderzee]]. The [[Vecht (Overijssel)|Vecht]] also flows into the Zwarte Water. 
Hasselt lies about {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Zwolle]].

Genemuiden and Zwartsluis lie 5&nbsp;km further north, almost opposite one another, near the Zwarte Water. Aquatic sport tourism is important to the local economy.

== Population centres ==
The most important places are printed in '''bold type'''.

* Cellemuiden
* De Velde
* '''[[Genemuiden]]''' (population on 1 January 2007: 9,985)
* '''[[Hasselt, Overijssel|Hasselt]]''', Overijssel, Netherlands (pop. 6,963)
* Kamperzeedijk-Oost
* Kamperzeedijk-West
* Kievitsnest
* [[Mastenbroek]]
* Zwartewatersklooster
* '''[[Zwartsluis]]''' (pop. 4,810).

[[Hasselt, Overijssel|Hasselt]] and [[Zwartsluis]] have small ports with some industry. [[Genemuiden]] is the biggest of the three towns, and is home to the majority of Zwartewaterland's population and industry.

== Sights ==
* A small part of the [[wetland]] area and [[National Park]] "De Wieden" (see [[Steenwijkerland]]) is immediately north of Zwartsluis
* The [[town hall]] was built between 1550 and 1615.
* [[Saint Stephen]]'s Church a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] church built in 1466.
* Every year on the feast of [[Corpus Christi (feast)|Corpus Christi]] a Roman Catholic [[pilgrimage]] to Hasselt is held, with a [[procession]]. For that purpose a special church was built in 1933.

== Notable people ==
[[File:Afke Schaart.jpg|175px|thumb|Afke Schaart, 2006]]
* [[Kiliaen van Rensselaer (merchant)|Kiliaen van Rensselaer]] (1586 in Hasselt – ca.1643) diamond and pearl merchant, co-founder of the [[Dutch West India Company]]
* [[Jan de Koning (politician)|Jan de Koning]] (1926 in Zwartsluis – 1994) politician
* [[Jaap Drupsteen]] (born 1942 in Hasselt) graphic designer<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1626342/  IMDb Database] retrieved 2 May 2019 </ref>
* [[Eelco Gelling]] (born 1946 in Zwartsluis) blues guitarist
* [[Afke Schaart]] (born 1973 in Zwartsluis) former politician 
=== Sport ===
* [[Gerard Nijboer]] (born 1955 in Hasselt) former long-distance runner, competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics
* [[Willeke Knol]] (born 1991 in Hasselt) racing cyclist
* [[Pascal Eenkhoorn]] (born 1997 in Genemuiden) cyclist

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:8061 Hasselt, Netherlands - panoramio (3).jpg|Hasselt
File:Overzicht van Hasselt (Overijssel) vanaf de Sint Stephanuskerk (26).JPG|Overzicht van Hasselt vanaf de Sint Stephanuskerk
File:20131022 Binnenhaven Genemuiden.jpg|Binnenhaven, Genemuiden
</gallery>

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

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Zwartewaterland
 | North     = [[Steenwijkerland]]
 | East      = [[Staphorst]]
 | South     = [[Zwolle]]
 | West      = [[Kampen, Overijssel|Kampen]]
 | Northwest = [[Noordoostpolder]] ([[Flevoland|FL]]) / ''Zwarte Meer''
}}
{{Dutch municipality Zwartewaterland}}
{{Overijssel Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Zwartewaterland| ]]
[[Category:Kop van Overijssel]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Overijssel]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2001]]