Enschede
Enschede
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City and Municipality | |
Skyline of Enschede White House Synagogue of Enschede St. James Church Historic city centre | |
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Location in Overijssel | |
| Coordinates: 52°13′21″N 06°53′33″E / 52.22250°N 6.89250°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Overijssel |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Roelof Bleker (Independent) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 142.72 km2 (55.10 sq mi) |
| • Land | 140.83 km2 (54.37 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.89 km2 (0.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 42 m (138 ft) |
| Population (Municipality, January 2021; Urban and Metro, May 2014) | |
• Municipality | 160,341 |
| • Density | 1,134/km2 (2,940/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 158,004 |
| • Metro | 315,807 |
| • Twente | 626,586 |
| Demonym | Enschedeër |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 7500–7549 |
| Area code | 053 |
| Website | www |
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Enschede (Dutch: [ˈɛnsxədeː] ⓘ; local Twents: Eanske [ˈɛːnskə]) is a city and municipality in the province of Overijssel and the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands. The east of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau.
The municipality of Enschede consisted only of the city of Enschede until 1935, when the rural municipality of Lonneker, which surrounded the city, was annexed after the rapid industrial expansion of Enschede that began in the 1860s and involved the building of railways and the digging of the Twentekanaal.
Enschede is home to the football club FC Twente, a one-time Dutch champion; the University of Twente; and the last Polaroid film factory.