Utrecht – NL310

EU regions: Netherlands > Western Netherlands > Utrecht > Utrecht

Indicator	Period	Value
Gross domestic product
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2021	165

More on wikipedia wikidata Q803 on OpenStreetMap Utrecht slovensky: NL310

Demographics

Indicator	Period	Value
Demographics
number of inhabitants	2023	1 387 643
population density	2022	981.3
old-age dependency ratio	2023	27.2

From Wikipedia:

Utrecht ( YOO-trekt, also UK: yoo-TREKHT, Dutch: [ˈytrɛxt] (listen)) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and in the very centre of mainland Netherlands, and had a population of 347,574 in 2018.

Utrecht's ancient city centre features many buildings and structures, several dating as far back as the High Middle Ages. It has been the religious centre of the Netherlands since the 8th century. It lost the status of prince-bishopric but remains the main religious centre in the country. Utrecht was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city.

Utrecht is host to Utrecht University, the largest university in the Netherlands, as well as several other institutions of higher education. Due to its central position within the country, it is an important transport hub for both rail and road transport. It has the second highest number of cultural events in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam.

In 2012, Lonely Planet included Utrecht in the top 10 of the world's unsung places.

History

Origins (until 650)

Although there is some evidence of earlier inhabitation in the region of Utrecht, dating back to the Stone Age (app.

Other: Utrecht, Utrecht

Neighbours: Zuidwest-Gelderland, Groot-Amsterdam, Flevoland, Oost-Zuid-Holland, Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland, Veluwe, Het Gooi en Vechtstreek

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Utrecht – NL310, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PNL310, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

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