Netherlands

Netherlands

Netherlands ranks 13th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sweden, Poland, and India. Memorable people born in present day Netherlands include Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, and Johannes Vermeer. Memorable people who died in Netherlands include Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer, and Baruch Spinoza. Netherlands has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many painters and politicians.

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In Europe, the Netherlands consists of twelve provinces, and borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, with a North Sea coast-line to the north and west. It also shares maritime borders with both countries and with the United Kingdom in the North Sea. The Caribbean overseas territories—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba—became special municipalities of the country of the Netherlands in 2010. The country's official language is Dutch, with West Frisian as a secondary official language in the province of Friesland, and English and Papiamento as secondary official languages in the Caribbean Netherlands. Dutch Low Saxon and Limburgish are recognised regional languages, while Dutch Sign Language, Sinte Romani, and Yiddish are recognised non-territorial languages. Read more on Wikipedia