UTRECHT (AGGLOMERATION)

The city of 'Utrecht' and the surrounding cities, villages, and townships form an agglomeration in the middle of The Netherlands. The area is located in the province of Utrecht, and is part of the larger Randstad urban area.

The agglomeration has a population of about 580,000 people. (rough estimate based on data collected in 2001 through 2004). The following towns are commonly recognized as part of the agglomeration:

Town	Population
Utrecht (including De Uithof and Vleuten-de Meern)	282,000 (as of 2004)
Nieuwegein	62,151 (as of 2003)
Zeist	52,089 (as of 2003)
Houten	44,417 (as of 2005)
Maarssen	40,075 (as of 2003)
IJsselstein	33,275 (as of 2003)
Bilthoven2	22,165 (as of 2003)
Driebergen-Rijsenburg	18,571 (as of 2003)
Vianen	16,190 (as of 2003)
De Bilt	10,393 (as of 2003)
Bunnik	6,700 (as of 2001)
Odijk3	5,030 (as of 2001)

In the 1970s and 1980s, large residential areas were built in Nieuwegein, Maarssen, and Zeist. In the 1990s, construction of new houses was concentrated in Houten and in the Leidsche Rijn neighbourhood.

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# Part of the Municipality of Utrecht
# Part of the Municipality of De Bilt
# Part of the Municipality of Bunnik

External links

★ Website of the Utrecht province

★ Website of the Municipality of Utrecht