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Veenendaal is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. The municipality has 61,681 inhabitants and an area of 19,81 square kilometres. The city was founded in the 15th-16th century as a peat colony from which it got its name. 'Veen' is the Dutch word for peat and 'dal' is a valley, so literally it means 'peat and valley'. Till the second half of the 20th century Veenendaal was divided into 2 parts, a 'Gelders' and an 'Utrechts' part ('Gelders' comes from Gelderland and 'Utrechts' from Utrecht). In 1997 it was the greenest city of Europe and in 2004 of the Netherlands.

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 '''Veenendaal''' is a [[municipality]] and a [[city]] in the central [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]].
-The [[municipality]] has 61681 inhabitants and an area of 19,81 square kilometres.
+The [[municipality]] has 61,681 inhabitants and an area of 19,81 square kilometres.
-The [[city]] was founded in the 15/16th century as a [[peat]] colony and thats its name to.
+The [[city]] was founded in the [[15th century|15th]]-[[16th century]] as a [[peat]] colony from which it got its name.
-Veen is the Dutch word for peat and dal is a valley.
+'Veen' is the Dutch word for peat and 'dal' is a valley, so literally it means 'peat and valley'.
+Till the second half of the 20th century Veenendaal was divided into 2 parts, a 'Gelders' and an 'Utrechts' part ('Gelders' comes from [[Gelderland]] and 'Utrechts' from [[Utrecht (province) |Utrecht]]).
-So literally it means Peatandvalley.
+In [[1997]] it was the greenest city of Europe and in [[2004]] of the Netherlands.
-Till the second half of the 20th century Veenendaal was divided into 2 parts.
-A Gelders and an Utrechts part.
-(Gelders comes from [[Gelderland]] and Utrechts from [[Utrecht (province) |Utrecht]].
-In 1997 it was the greenest city of Europe and in 2004 of The Netherlands.
 ==External links==
 *[http://www.veenendaal.nl Official Website]