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Lelystad

Administration

Full name	Lelystad
Official name	Lelystad
Settlement type	Municipality
Country	Netherlands
Province	Flevoland
Geography
Total Area	295.4 sq mi (765.39 km2)
Land Area	90.4 sq mi (234.13 km2)
Water Area	205.1 sq mi (531.26 km2)
Demography
Total Population	73116 (1 January 2008)
Density (pop.)	308/km² (797.7/sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

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Lelystad ( ) is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands, and it is the capital of the province of Flevoland. The city, built on reclaimed land, was founded in 1967 and was named after Cornelis Lely, who engineered the Afsluitdijk, making the reclamation possible. Lelystad is approximately 5 metres (16 ft) below sea level.

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