Utrecht ( pronunciation ( info / explanation ) ; City-Utrecht : Utreg or Utereg ) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands and the capital of the province of Utrecht . With 368,024 inhabitants on January 31, 2023, Utrecht is the fourth largest municipality in the Netherlands in terms of population. These inhabitants are spread over four places, namely Utrecht with 308,965, Haarzuilens with 555, Vleuten with 27,810 and De Meern with 21,815 inhabitants. TheSound clip The Utrecht agglomeration had 712,700 inhabitants as of January 1, 2019. In 2021, Utrecht was the fastest growing city in the Netherlands. [3]
Utrecht is one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands. It originated as a Roman fortification on the Limes . In the seventh century, a small church was built on the spot where this fort was located and larger churches were built here in the following centuries. From there, large parts of what is now the Netherlands were Christianized . In 1122, Utrecht was one of the first cities in what is now the Netherlands to receive city rights . Thanks to its location on the Rhine River , Utrecht grew into one of the most important trading cities in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries. [source?] With the rise of the county of Hollandthis trade moved there and Utrecht became less important, although Utrecht remained the largest city in the Northern Netherlands until the early 16th century. In the year 1808, Utrecht was briefly the capital of the Kingdom of Holland . At the time of the Industrial Revolution, Utrecht was the center of the national steel and railway industries .
Utrecht is currently the second largest economy in the north wing of the Randstad , after Amsterdam. The Utrecht region is one of the most competitive economic regions in Europe. [4] The city is the road and rail hub of the Netherlands. With a transit of more than 57 million travelers per year, Utrecht Central Station is the largest station in the Netherlands. Partly for this reason, many companies and institutions have their head office there, including bol.com , the NS , Prorail , the Jaarbeurs , the Rabobank , De Volksbank , DHL , Capgemini ,ASR Nederland , Aalberts and trade union FNV . In addition, the city is home to a number of agencies and ZBOs , such as the SZW Inspectorate , the Education Inspectorate , the Health Care and Youth Inspectorate , the Medicines Evaluation Board and the Dutch Healthcare Authority . The Human Rights Council , the Central Appeals Council and the CVOM Public Prosecutor’s Office also have their seats there.
In addition to Utrecht University, Utrecht also houses the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences , the University of Humanistic Studies and the Utrecht University of the Arts . In total there are approximately 67,000 students, of which more than 33,000 live in the city. [5] . Utrecht is therefore known as a student city .
Utrecht is the headquarters of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands and of the Archdiocese of Utrecht . At 112.5 meters, the Dom Tower is the highest church tower in the Netherlands and the symbol of the city. Utrecht also has a rich art tradition, the best-known exponents of which are the painters of the Utrecht School (including Jan van Scorel and Roelant Savery ), and 20th-century artists such as Gerrit Rietveld , Theo van Doesburg and Dick Bruna .
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