Back Organización territorial del Reinu de los Países Baxos AST Divisi administratip Belanda BAN Адміністрацыйны падзел Нідэрландаў Byelorussian Administrativna podjela Nizozemske BS Administrativní dělení Nizozemska Czech Administra divido de Nederlando Esperanto Organización territorial del Reino de los Países Bajos Spanish Herbehereen banaketa administratiboa Basque Organisation territoriale des Pays-Bas French オランダの行政区分 Japanese
The Netherlands has several levels of administrative subdivisions. The first level of subdivision consists of 12 provinces.[1] The second level of subdivision consists of 342 municipalities.
The country is also subdivided into 21 water districts, governed by a water board (waterschap or hoogheemraadschap), each having authority in matters concerning water management.[2][3] Direct elections of the water boards take place every four years.
- ^ Provinces of Netherlands
- ^ "De waterschappen" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ^ "Mijn waterschap" (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 May 2021.