Urk

Urk is a town and municipality in the Dutch province of . This former island is situated on the edge of the and directly connected to the IJsselmeer. Because of this people in Urk still say they are living 'on' Urk instead of 'in' Urk.
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  • Type: Town with 20,200 residents
  • Description: town and municipality in Flevoland, the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Urk, Flevoland” and “Urk, Netherlands”
  • Postal codes: 8321 and 8322
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Urk Lighthouse and Raadhuis.

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is a lighthouse in Urk at the eastern banks of the in the . From 1617 a coal fire was used for the local fishermen as well as for the ships sailing from Amsterdam to the North Sea.

Museum
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is a museum.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tollebeek.

Village
Photo: BrianKeetman, Public domain.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and is approximately 90 kilometres north east of . is situated 5 km east of Urk.

Urk

Latitude
52.6655° or 52° 39′ 56″ north
Longitude
5.5988° or 5° 35′ 56″ east
Population
20,200
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL URK
Open location code
9F47MH8X+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 47137733
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2745932
Wiki­data ID
Q273746
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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”
  • Cebuano: “Urk”
  • Chinese: “Urk”
  • Chinese: “于尔克”
  • Chinese: “于爾克”
  • Chinese: “於爾克”
  • Danish: “Urk”
  • Dutch: “gemeente Urk”
  • Dutch: “Gemeente Urk”
  • Dutch: “Urk (gemeente)”
  • Dutch: “Urk (plaats)”
  • 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”
  • Zeeuws: “Urk”

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