Lelystad

Lelystad

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      gemeente (municipality), north-central Netherlands (Netherlands, The), on the IJsselmeer (Lake IJssel). After the East Flevoland Polder was drained in 1957, the town was built on a foundation of piles driven into the subsoil. It was named after Cornelis Lely (d. 1929), an engineer-statesman who designed the Zuiderzee reclamation project. It became the capital of the newly created Flevoland province in 1986. Located next to a land-reclamation dike, Lelystad has a small fishing harbour; boats have access to Amsterdam through the Oostvaarder Canal. Several inland canals on the polder supply water for the surrounding agricultural area, where flowers, apples, cereals, and dairy cattle are raised. The town has five residential areas that are separated from each other by parks, and industrial zones are located on its periphery. Construction of the dike and road between Lelystad and Enkhuizen across the IJsselmeer was completed in 1976 as the first step toward the reclamation of Markerwaard Polder to the east (a project later abandoned). The Informatiecentium Nieuw Land is an exhibition in Lelystad about the Zuiderzee project. The Oostvaarderplassen, a waterfowl reserve, is located southwest of the town. Pop. (2007 est.) 72,252.

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