Flevoland, the Youngest Province in the Netherlands, Is Celebrating Its 40th Anniversary

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Flevoland, the youngest and twelfth province in the Netherlands, celebrates its 40th anniversary today. The formation of a single province on January 1, 1986, marked the end of the administrative patchwork in the polder. Han Lammers became the first Queen's Commissioner. In the summer of 1985, the government decided to legally establish Flevoland as a province, reports Omroep Flevoland. On paper, it was officially declared a province on January …