Almere

For other uses, see Almere (disambiguation).

Almere
City and municipality
Skyline with the Weerwater Almere Centrum railway station Topsportcentrum The Green Cathedral Floriade 2022
Flag Coat of arms Brandmark
Location in Flevoland
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Almere Location within the Netherlands Almere Location within Europe
Coordinates: 52°22′N 5°13′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Flevoland
Region	Amsterdam metropolitan area
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Hein van der Loo (Ind.)
Area
• Total	248.77 km2 (96.05 sq mi)
• Land	129.19 km2 (49.88 sq mi)
• Water	119.58 km2 (46.17 sq mi)
Elevation	−3 m (−9.8 ft)
Population  (January 2021)
• Total	214,715
• Density	1,662/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Demonym	Almeerder
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	1300–1379
Area code	036
Website	www.almere.nl

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Almere (Dutch pronunciation: [ɑlˈmeːrə] ^ⓘ) is a planned city and municipality in Flevoland, Netherlands, across the IJmeer from Amsterdam.

Bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde, the municipality of Almere comprises six boroughs: Almere Stad (which is further split up into Almere Stad Oost, Almere Stad West and Almere Centrum), Almere Buiten, Almere Pampus (which is currently being designed), Almere Haven, Almere Hout and Almere Poort. Four of them feature official district or borough offices. Furthermore, the city also comprises the unofficial historic district and neighbourhood Oostvaardersdiep. Almere is part of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area.

Almere is the newest city in the Netherlands. The land on which the city was built, the Southern Flevoland polder, was reclaimed from the IJsselmeer from 1959 to 1968. The first house was constructed in 1976, and Almere became a municipality eight years later. The city is the eighth largest in the Netherlands, and it is the largest settlement in Flevoland by population with 229,574 inhabitants (CBS; 2025). In October 2007, the city council of Almere had made agreements with the government to expand the city to 350,000 inhabitants by 2030.