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;Location ;Country : The Netherlands ;Province : Flevoland ;Population :24.866 (1 January 2006) ;Coordinates :?? At the heart of the Noordoostpolder , where the three main drainage canals intersect, is the town of Emmeloord ( 1943 ). Emmeloord is located in a Polder ; land reclaimed from the sea, currently the IJsselmeer . Planned from the outset to be the first and the only major town of the polder, it serves as the local governmental and services centre. Ten smaller villages, conceived more as agricultural communities, were planned in a wide circle around Emmeloord, with the distances between them determined so as to be easily reachable by Bicycle . The first settlements were Ens, Marknesse and Kraggenburg ( 1949 ), followed by Bant ( 1951 ), then Creil and Rutten ( 1953 ), and finally Espel, Tollebeek and Nagele ( 1956 ). From Emmeloord three canals take their water to three pumping stations, the ''Buma'' near Lemmer , the ''Smeenge'' at Vollenhove and finally the ''Vissering'' in Urk . The town was named after an abandoned village on the island of Schokland . Situated in the center of Emmeloord, a watertower, called Poldertoren , has been build. The tower is the central point of the Noordoostpolder and could be seen from almost every location in the early years of the Noordoostpolder, when there were no tall trees. In Japan is a ''replica'' of this watertower. For history see Zuiderzee Works . EXTERNAL LINKS
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