Urk

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Urk is a traditional Dutch fishing town and former island in the IJsselmeer, now a municipality in the province of Flevoland in the Netherlands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former island
municipality of the Netherlands
connectedToMainlandBy Noordoostpolder NERFINISHED
country Netherlands
dominantDenomination Reformed churches NERFINISHED
formerPartOf Zuiderzee Works region NERFINISHED
province of North Holland NERFINISHED
governedBy municipal council of Urk NERFINISHED
hasAreaCode 0527
hasCoatOfArms coat of arms of Urk
hasCulturalHeritage folk costumes
maritime songs
traditional wooden fishing boats
hasDialect Urkers
hasEconomicActivity maritime services
seafood trade
hasFlag flag of Urk
hasHarbourFunction home port for fishing fleet
hasHistoricalRole island in the Zuiderzee
traditional fishing community
hasLandmark Lighthouse of Urk NERFINISHED
Old village centre NERFINISHED
Urk breakwater NERFINISHED
hasMunicipalCode 0184
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1939
hasNearbyBodyOfWater IJsselmeer NERFINISHED
Ketelmeer NERFINISHED
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.urk.nl/
hasPopulationCharacteristic close-knit community
hasPort fishing port of Urk
hasPostalCode 8321
hasTraditionalIndustry fish processing
fishing
languageSpoken Dutch NERFINISHED
Urkers dialect
locatedIn Flevoland NERFINISHED
IJsselmeer NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Central Netherlands NERFINISHED
locatedInTime Zuiderzee NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
locatedOn eastern shore of the IJsselmeer
observesDaylightSavingTime Central European Summer Time
partOf province of Flevoland NERFINISHED
partOfProject Zuiderzee Works region NERFINISHED
religiousCharacter strongly Protestant
wasIslandUntil 1939

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Bible belt of the Netherlands notableMunicipality Urk
subject surface form: Bible Belt of the Netherlands