Lelystad
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Lelystad is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. The city, built on reclaimed land(as the entire province), was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk, making the reclaiming possible. Lelystad is approximately 5 meters (16 feet) below sealevel.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lelystad
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°30'30"N 5°28'9"E
- Enkhuizen 28 km
- Hoorn 36 km
- Purmerend 37 km
- Heerhugowaard 50 km
- Alkmaar (municipality) 55 km
- Beverwijk 57 km
- Schagen 57 km
- Den Helder 72 km
- Franeker 77 km
- Norwich 289 km
- Flevoland 6 km
- Lelystad (municipality) 9 km
- Dronten (municipality) 15 km
- Markermeer 16 km
- Almere (municipality) 18 km
- Noordoostpolder 29 km
- Enkhuizen (municipality) 30 km
- IJsselmeer 34 km
- Medemblik (municipality) 39 km
- North Holland 42 km