Deventer (nld)

Deventer

Deventer ranks 1,176th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pontoise, Edmonton, London, and Stepanakert. The most famous people from Deventer are Han van Meegeren, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and Bert van Marwijk. The most famous people who died in Deventer are Gerard ter Borch, Geert Groote, and Eleanor of Woodstock. Deventer has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many painters, and religious figures. Deventer is located in Netherlands.

Deventer is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2020 the municipality of Deventer had a population of 100,913. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, but it also has a small part of its territory on the west bank. In 2005 the municipality of Bathmen was merged with Deventer as part of a national effort to reduce bureaucracy in the country. Read more on Wikipedia