Eastern Netherlands
Overijssel
Rijssen-Holten

Rijssen

Rijssen is a city in the province of . It is part of , one of thirteen municipalities in . It has almost 28,000 inhabitants. The economy of Rijssen relies mostly on commerce and construction and transport companies.
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  • Type: Town with 28,800 residents
  • Description: town and former municipality in Overijssel, Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 7461-7463

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rijssen railway station and Noorderkerk.

Railway station
Photo: Tubantia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rijssen is a railway station located in Rijssen, . The station was opened on 1 September 1888 and is located on the Deventer–Almelo railway.

Church
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The in the Dutch city of Rijssen is one of the largest church buildings in the with 1,970 seats. It belongs to the Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands, one of the most conservative of all the Reformed church denominations in the Netherlands.

Park
Photo: Gdroosink, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Enter and Rectum.

Village
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is a village in the eastern . is located in the municipality of , , between , , and Rijssen. In 2021, it was home to 5,515 inhabitants. is situated 4 km east of Rijssen.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is part of the municipality of . The hamlet is located about 4 kilometres north of . is situated 4 km northeast of Rijssen.

Town
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
is a town of approximately 25,000 inhabitants in the province of . It is the commercial centre and largest town within the municipality . is situated 7 km northwest of Rijssen.

Rijssen

Latitude
52.30803° or 52° 18′ 29″ north
Longitude
6.5213° or 6° 31′ 17″ east
Population
28,800
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL RJS
Open location code
9F488G5C+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2668210685
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2748083
Wiki­data ID
Q494359
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Rijssen” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Rijssen”
  • Catalan: “Rijssen”
  • Cebuano: “Rijssen”
  • Chinese: “Rijssen”
  • Chinese: “赖森”
  • Danish: “Rijssen”
  • Dutch: “Riesn”
  • Dutch: “Rijssen”
  • French: “Rijssen”
  • German: “Rijssen”
  • Irish: “Rijssen”
  • Italian: “Rijssen”
  • Japanese: “ライッセン”
  • Kurdish: “Rijssen”
  • Lithuanian: “Reisenas”
  • Low German: “Riesn”
  • Low German: “Riessen”
  • Low German: “Rijssen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rijssen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Riesn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Riessen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rijssen”
  • Norwegian: “Rijssen”
  • Persian: “ریسن، هلند”
  • Russian: “Рейссен”
  • Spanish: “Rijssen”
  • Turkish: “Rijssen”
  • Ukrainian: “Рейссен”
  • Welsh: “Rijssen”
  • Western Frisian: “Rijssen”
  • Zeeuws: “Riessen”
  • Zeeuws: “Rijssen-Holten”
  • Zeeuws: “Rijssen”

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