Provinces o the Netherlands

A Dutch province represents the admeenistrative layer in atween the naitional govrenment an the local municipalities, haein the responsibility for matters o subnaitional or regional importance. The govrenment o each province consists o three major pairts: the Provinciale Staten which is the provincial parliament electit ivery fower year. Electit frae its members are the Gedeputeerde Staten, a college chairgit wi maist executive tasks, presidit bi the Commissaris van de Koningin appointit bi the Croun.

Diveesion
The modren-day Netherlands is dividit intae twal provinces (provincies in Dutch) an three owerseas public bodies (openbare lichamen, cried "special municipalities" as they are no pairt o a province an aw).

Regions an their caipitals
The twal provinces are leetit belaw wi their caipital ceety:
 Flag Airms Province Dutch name Caipital Queen's Commissioner Aurie(km²) Population Density(per km²) 40px|border|alt=Flag of Drenthe 50px|border|alt=Coat of arms of Drenthe Drenthe Drenthe Assen Jetta Klijnsma    40px|border|alt=Flag of Flevoland 50px|border|alt=Coat of arms of Flevoland Flevoland Flevoland Lelystad Leen Verbeek    40px|border|alt=Flag of Friesland 50px|border|alt=Coat of arms of Friesland Friesland  Friesland / Fryslân (Wast Frisie) Leeuwarden Arno Brok    40px|border|alt=Flag of Gelderland 50px|border|alt=Coat of arms of Gelderland Gelderland Gelderland Arnhem John Berends    40px|border|alt=Flag o Groningen 50px|border|alt=Coat o airms o Groningen Groningen Groningen Groningen René Paas    40px|border|alt=Flag of Limburg 40px|centre|border|alt=Coat of arms of Limburg Limburg Limburg Maastricht Theo Bovens (called governor in Limburg)    40px|border|alt=Flag of North Brabant 50px|border|alt=Coat of arms of North Brabant North Brabant Noord-Brabant 's-Hertogenbosch Wim van de Donk    40px|border|alt=Flag of North Holland 30px|centre|border|alt=Coat of arms of North Holland North Holland Noord-Holland Haarlem Arthur van Dijk    40px|border|alt=Flag of Overijssel 50px|border|alt=Coat of arms of Overijssel Overijssel Overijssel Zwolle Andries Heidema    40px|border|alt=Flag of South Holland 50px|border|alt=Coat of arms of South Holland Sooth Holland Zuid-Holland The Hague Jaap Smit    40px|border|alt=Flag of Utrecht 50px|border|alt=Coat of arms of Utrecht Utrecht Utrecht Utrecht Hans Oosters    40px|border|alt=Flag of Zeeland 50px|border|alt=Coat of arms of Zeeland Zeeland Zeeland Middelburg Han Polman   
<li> An aw, though no officeeally, abbreviatit as Den Bosch.
<li> Dutch: Den Haag, offeecially an aw: 's-Gravenhage.

Public bodies o the Netherlands

The three public bodies o the Bonaire, Sint Eustatius an Saba, became pairt o the Netherlands proper on 10 October 2010, but are no pairt o ony province.

 Flag Airms Public Body Dutch name Caipital Aurie(km²) Population Density(per km²) 30px|border|alt=Flag of Bonaire  centre|30px|border|alt=Coat of arms of Bonaire Bonaire Bonaire / Boneiru (Papiamento) Kralendijk  30px|border|alt=Flag of Sint Eustatius  40px|centre|border|alt=Coat of arms of Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius  Oranjestad  30px|border|alt=Flag of Saba 40px|centre|border|alt=Coat of arms of Saba Saba Saba The Bottom 

See an aw
ISO 3166-2:NL
Table o admeenistrative diveesions bi kintra
Rankit leet o Dutch provinces
Flags o provinces o the Netherlands
Coats o airms o provinces o the Netherlands
Provincial politics in the Netherlands

References

Freemit airtins
Population an aurie figurs


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