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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Almere, Buildings and structures in Flevoland, Municipalities of Flevoland, People from Flevoland, Populated places in Flevoland, Sport in Flevoland, Visitor attractions in Flevoland, Lelystad, Urk, Noordoostpolder, Dronten, Zeewolde, Almere Centrum railway station, Almere City FC, Almere Buiten railway station, Charles Zwolsman, Jr., Almere Parkwijk railway station, Oostvaardersplassen, Almere Oostvaarders railway station, Almere Muziekwijk railway station, Emmeloord, Walibi Holland, Lelystad Airport, Kraggenburg, Lelystad-Zwolle railway, Flevo Boys, Poldertoren, Schokland, Nagele, Urkers, Houtribdijk, Sharon Kips, The Green Cathedral, List of cities, towns and villages in Flevoland, Biddinghuizen, Waar wij steden doen verrijzen..., Bant, Swifterbant, Ens, Flevoland, Tollebeek, Luttelgeest, Espel, Marknesse, Almere Haven, Creil, Flevoland, Rutten, Flevoland, Mediumwave transmitter Flevoland, Flag of Flevoland, Nieuw Schokland, Almere Stad, Almere Poort railway station, Mitsubishi Forklift Stadion, Ketelbrug, List of Queen's Commissioners of Flevoland. Excerpt: Urk (-)) is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands. Urk is first mentioned in historical records dating to the 10th century, when it was still an island in the Almere, a lake that would become part of the Zuiderzee in the 13th century after a series of incursions by the North Sea. In 1939, a dike from the mainland to Urk ended the town's island status, just as the Afsluitdijk project was changing the salt water Zuiderzee surrounding Urk to the less saline IJsselmeer. Later in the 20th century, seabed areas surrounding Urk were reclaimed from the sea and became the Noordoostpolder. The mainstay of the town's economy has always been fishing, and the products of the sea coming in through Urk's harbor continue to be exporte...
