Hengelo

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This article is about the city in Overijssel, Netherlands. For the town in Gelderland, Netherlands, see Hengelo, Gelderland.

Hengelo

Province	Overijssel
Area - Land - Water	61.78 km� 61.06 km� 0.72 km�
Population (2004) - Density	80,961 1,326/km�

Hengelo is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the higway A1/E8 and is a station for the ICE, Amsterdam - Hannover - Berlin.

Population centres

Beckum
Hengelo

The town of Hengelo

Hengelo rapidly developed from a small village to a town in the late 19th century when it became a significant railway junction. This attracted heavy industry like Stork, Heemaf and Holland Signaal Apparaten.

During WWII the city was often bombed by Allied because of the presence of the railways. Accidentaly the heart of the town was bombed out, killing several hundred people.

External link

Official Website (http://www.hengelo.nl)

Province Overijssel
Almelo \| Bathmen \| Borne \| Dalfsen \| Deventer \| Dinkelland \| Enschede \| Haaksbergen \| Hardenberg \| Hellendoorn \| Hengelo \| Hof van Twente \| Kampen \| Losser \| Oldenzaal \| Olst-Wijhe \| Ommen \| Raalte \| Rijssen-Holten \| Staphorst \| Steenwijkerland \| Tubbergen \| Twenterand \| Wierden \| Zwartewaterland \| Zwolle