Urk
Urk is a town and municipality in the Dutch province of Flevoland. This former island is situated on the edge of the Noordoostpolder and directly connected to the IJsselmeer. Because of this people in Urk still say they are living 'on' Urk instead of 'in' Urk.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Town with 20,200 residents
- Description: town and municipality in Flevoland, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “gemeente Urk”, “Urk (gemeente)”, “Urk (plaats)”, “Urk, Flevoland”, and “Urk, Netherlands”
- Postal codes: 8321 and 8322
- Neighbors: Dronten, Enkhuizen, Lelystad, and Noordoostpolder
Places of Interest
Highlights: Urk Lighthouse and Raadhuis.
Urk Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tollebeek.
Tollebeek
Village
Photo: BrianKeetman, Public domain.Urk
- Categories: municipality of the Netherlands, cadastral populated place in the Netherlands, and locality
- Location: Flevoland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.6655° or 52° 39′ 56″ north
Longitude
5.5988° or 5° 35′ 56″ east
Population
20,200
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NL URK
Open location code
9F47MH8X+5G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Urk” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Urk”
- Albanian: “Urk”
- Arabic: “أورك”
- Armenian: “Ուրկ”
- Asturian: “Urk”
- Balinese: “Urk”
- Basque: “Urk”
- Breton: “Urk”
- Catalan: “Urk”
- Cebuano: “Gemeente Urk”
- Chinese: “于尔克”
- Chinese: “于爾克”
- Danish: “Urk”
- Dutch: “Urk”
- Esperanto: “Urk”
- Estonian: “Urk”
- Faroese: “Urk”
- French: “Urk”
- German: “Urk”
- Hakka Chinese: “Urk”
- Hebrew: “אורק”
- Hungarian: “Urk”
- Indonesian: “Urk”
- Irish: “Urk”
- Italian: “Urk”
- Japanese: “ユルク”
- Javanese: “Urk”
- Kirghiz: “Үрк”
- Korean: “위르크”
- Kurdish: “Urk”
- Ladin: “Urk”
- Limburgan: “Urk”
- Lithuanian: “Urkas”
- Low German: “Urk”
- Luxembourgish: “Urk”
- Malay: “Urk”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Urk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Urk”
- Norwegian: “Urk”
- Ossetian: “Урк”
- Persian: “اورک”
- Polish: “Urk”
- Portuguese: “Urk”
- Romanian: “Urk”
- Russian: “Урк”
- Saterfriesisch: “Urk”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Urk”
- Spanish: “Urk”
- Swedish: “Urk”
- Turkish: “Urk”
- Ukrainian: “Урк”
- Urdu: “ارک”
- Venetian: “Urk”
- Volapük: “Urk”
- Waray (Philippines): “Urk”
- Western Frisian: “Urk”
- Yue Chinese: “于爾克”
- Yue Chinese: “於爾克”
- Zeeuws: “Urk”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Urk-Noord and Urk-Kom.
Flevoland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Almere and Lelystad.
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