🇳🇱 Wierden is a town and a municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The municipality of Wierden also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Enter, Hoge Hexel, IJpelo, Notter, Rectum Zuna. The municipality has 10 primary schools and 1 secondary school. There are 2 soccer clubs, 2 tennis clubs and 1 volleyball club, this is only the top of the clubs. The village has 3 cemeteries of which, only one is currently in use. The mayor is Doret Tigchelaar-van Oene , who is also the chair of the board of mayor and aldermen.
In midsummer, the locally known, 3-day festival "WieZo" is held. Which starts on a Thursday and ends Saturdays. Every night there are 2 musical acts on the Binnenhof. On Saturday there is also the Wiezoloop. For some years the Wiezoloop has become an independent event, separate from the Wiezo, and is held the same year about 1 month earlier.
Wierden has a population of over 24,351 people. Wierden also forms part of the wider Overijssel Province which has a population of over 1,162,215 people. Wierden is situated 6 km west of Almelo.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Wierden has links with:
🇫🇷 Ermont, France, until 2010 🇩🇪 Lampertheim, Germany, until 2010 🇧🇪 Maldegem, Belgium, until 2010🇩🇪 Fürstenwalde 52.36
🏴 Kidderminster 52.389
🇩🇪 Frankfurt (Oder) 52.347
🏴 Bromsgrove 52.337
🏴 Huntingdon 52.333
🇩🇪 Stadthagen 52.317
🇩🇿 Constantine 6.6
🇨🇭 Yverdon-les-Bains 6.642
Locations Near: Wierden 6.59286,52.358
🇳🇱 Hengelo 6.783,52.25 d: 17.7
🇳🇱 Enschede 6.898,52.194 d: 27.7
🇳🇱 Hoogeveen 6.483,52.733 d: 42.4
🇳🇱 Deventer 6.16,52.251 d: 31.8
🇳🇱 Zutphen 6.203,52.138 d: 36.1
🇩🇪 Nordhorn 7.067,52.417 d: 32.8
🇳🇱 Doetinchem 6.3,51.967 d: 47.9
Antipodal to: Wierden -173.407,-52.358
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16539.9
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15774.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15728.8
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15619.2
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11805.7
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11724.3
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11711.5
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11706.5