Land use; all categories, municipalities
| Periods | Regions | Total surface (ha) | Transport Transport total (ha) | Built-up area Built-up area total (ha) | Semi built-up area Semi built-up area total (ha) | Recreation Recreation total (ha) | Agriculture Agriculture total (ha) | Woodland and nature Woodland and nature total (ha) | Woodland and nature Woodland (ha) | Woodland and nature Dry natural open area (ha) | Woodland and nature Wet natural open area (ha) | Inland water Inland water total (ha) | Inland water IJsselmeer / Markermeer (ha) | Tidal water Tidal water total (ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Almere | 24,877 | 648 | 1,901 | 1,417 | 980 | 5,129 | 3,020 | 2,621 | 5 | 395 | 11,782 | 10,060 | |
| 2012 | Almere | 24,877 | 700 | 3,142 | 1,073 | 1,382 | 3,256 | 3,370 | 2,851 | 45 | 474 | 11,953 | 10,055 | |
| 1996 | Dronten | 42,386 | 625 | 790 | 195 | 884 | 27,088 | 3,686 | 3,509 | 18 | 158 | 9,119 | 3,262 | |
| 2012 | Dronten | 42,389 | 588 | 1,082 | 312 | 1,130 | 26,583 | 3,676 | 3,397 | 152 | 126 | 9,020 | 3,261 | |
| 1996 | Lelystad | 76,539 | 808 | 1,482 | 438 | 773 | 12,747 | 7,230 | 3,677 | 295 | 3,258 | 53,061 | 51,031 | |
| 2012 | Lelystad | 76,545 | 806 | 2,116 | 590 | 860 | 10,937 | 7,746 | 3,657 | 1,462 | 2,628 | 53,490 | 50,966 | |
| 1996 | Noordoostpolder | 60,032 | 860 | 999 | 174 | 361 | 41,697 | 2,408 | 2,298 | 17 | 93 | 13,533 | 10,669 | |
| 2012 | Noordoostpolder | 59,543 | 889 | 1,377 | 378 | 467 | 40,393 | 2,501 | 2,304 | 18 | 180 | 13,537 | 10,670 | |
| 1996 | Wieringermeer | 30,778 | 378 | 305 | 99 | 76 | 17,865 | 760 | 735 | 0 | 25 | 11,296 | 10,184 | |
| 2012 | Wieringermeer | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | Zeewolde | 26,897 | 491 | 372 | 105 | 480 | 17,909 | 5,560 | 5,149 | 49 | 362 | 1,979 | ||
| 2012 | Zeewolde | 26,886 | 339 | 564 | 195 | 725 | 17,263 | 5,662 | 5,122 | 254 | 286 | 2,137 | ||
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||||||||
Table description
This table provides information about the land use of the area of the Netherlands and the changes in land use.
Data available from: 1996.
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.
Changes as of 7 September 2018:
Addition of 2015 figures.
Metropolitan agglomerations and urban regions have been removed from the table. Figures published earlier on the said regions which were in this table have now been published on Statistics Netherlands’ website (cbs.nl) as customised output, see section/paragraph 3. As of reporting year 2016, Statistics Netherlands no longer publishes data on metropolitan agglomerations and urban regions. Various social developments have rendered the philosophy and methodology underlying the delineation outdated. It furthermore appears that other agencies are using a different classification of metropolitan agglomerations and urban regions depending on the area of application. This means there is no longer a consensus on which standard applies.
The metropolitan agglomerations and urban regions will not be published anymore from 2015 onwards as a default regional figure. On request they can be provided.
When will new figures be published?
The land use 2017 figures will be published December 2021 at the latest.
Description topics
- Total surface
- Total surface of the Netherlands.
- Transport
- Area in use for traffic and transport on roads, on railways and in the air.
- Transport total
- Total area of the main group ‘Transport’.
- Built-up area
- Area in use for residents, work, shopping, cultural facilities and public amenities.
- Built-up area total
- Total area of the main group ‘Built-on area’.
- Semi built-up area
- Area with a certain amount of paving, not in use as traffic area or built-up area.
- Semi built-up area total
- Total area of the main group ‘Semi built-up area’.
- Recreation
- Area in use for recreation.
- Recreation total
- Total area of the main group ‘Recreation’.
- Agriculture
- Area for agriculture.
- Agriculture total
- Total area of the main group ‘Agriculture’.
- Woodland and nature
- Area with forest or natural open area.
- Woodland and nature total
- Total area of the main group ‘Woodland and nature’.
- Woodland
- Area with trees for wood production and nature conservation.
Including
- area with trees of which the crowns are a closed entity;
- cutting field;
- fire lane;
- forest path;
- nursery of forests;
- storage of wood;
- scattered houses, if placed inside the woodland;
- poplar fields.
Excluding
- wooded areas of parks;
- forest nurseries that are outside the woodland;
- residential areas (with a pattern of streets) and areas of recreational houses inside the woodland.
- Dry natural open area
- Open area with a dry surface, mainly nature.
Including
- dry heather;
- grasslike natural area (not for agricultural use);
- dunes;
- sand drift;
- sandbar;
- beach.
- Wet natural open area
- Open area with a wet surface, mainly nature.
Including
- wet heather;
- reed and rush (including cultivations);
- salt marsh (not innundated at normal high tides);
- tidal soil, if barren;
- bluegrass land.
Excluding
- osier bed;
- wet woodland.
- Inland water
- Inland water in use as waterway, recreational water, mining area, sewage or sludge farm, water reservoir, including IJsselmeer.
- Inland water total
- Total area of the main group ‘Inland water’.
- IJsselmeer / Markermeer
- The water enclosed at the Afsluitdijk, the Ketelbrug, the Hollandsebrug at Muiderberg and the Oranjesluizen at Amsterdam.
- Tidal water
- Water outside the average high tide.
- Tidal water total
- Total area of the main group ‘Tidal water’.