Dalfsen
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Dalfsen is a municipalityMunicipality
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and a town in the Salland
Salland
Salland is a historical dominion in the west and north of the present Dutch province of Overijssel. It is probably named after the Salian Franks, who are thought to originate from Salland...
region of the Dutch
Netherlands
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province
Province
A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...
of Overijssel
Overijssel
Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...
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The present municipality of Dalfsen was created on 1 January 2001 through the merger of the municipalities of Nieuwleusen and Dalfsen.
Population centres
AnkumAnkum
Ankum is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany.From the Parish Ankum many people had emigrated to the Netherlands until 1800 and later to the USA....
, Dalfsen, Dalfserveld, Dalmsholte
Dalmsholte
Dalmsholte is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Ommen, and lies about 18 km east of Zwolle....
, De Marshoek, De Meele, Emmen, Gerner, Hessum, Hoonhorst, Lemelerveld, Lenthe, Leusenerveld, Nieuwleusen
Nieuwleusen
Nieuwleusen is a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel with 5,913 inhabitants as of 1 January 2007. At the 2001 municipal reform, most of the former municipality of Nieuwleusen was incorporated into the municipality of Dalfsen...
, Oudleusen, Oudleusenerveld, Rechteren, Strenkhaar and Welsum.
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