Twente

Twente in the Netherlands

Administrative map of Twente

Flag of Twente

Dinkel river in Losser municipality

Ootmarsum city in Dinkelland municipality

Twente or (obsolete) Twenthe (Low Saxon: Tweante) is a historical region in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands. Its (informal) capital and biggest city is Enschede.

Twente borders Salland region (also Overijssel) in the west and north, Achterhoek region (province of Gelderland) in the south, County of Bentheim (Lower Saxony, Germany) in the northeast, and Münsterland (North Rhine-Westphalia, also Germany) in the southeast.

As of 2021, about 633,000 people were living in (administrative) Twente. They are nicknamed Tukkers and speak Tweants, which is a Low Saxon dialect.

Until the 1960s textile industry was flourishing in Twente.

Municipalities

These 14 municipalities belong (administratively) to Twente region:

Almelo
Borne
Dinkelland
Enschede
Haaksbergen
Hellendoorn (most part in Salland region)
Hengelo

Hof van Twente
Losser
Oldenzaal
Rijssen-Holten (partially in Salland)
Tubbergen
Twenterand (partially in Salland)
Wierden

Netwerkstad Twente

Almelo, Borne, Enschede, Hengelo, and Oldenzaal are working together in the so-called Netwerkstad Twente. Its aim is to improve the economy of Twente.^[1] About 370,000 people were living in Netwerkstad Twente in 2021.