---
id: "nl_municipality"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo", "government"]
country: ["NL"]
langs: ["nl"]
quality: 75
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/nl_municipality"
---

# Dutch municipality (gemeente) (`nl_municipality`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Name of a municipality (gemeente) of the Netherlands, the level below the province, such as Amsterdam, Aalsmeer or Aa en Hunze. Mergers have reduced their number almost every year; Statistics Netherlands (CBS) counts 342 on 1 January 2026, the same as in 2025. Their CBS codes are the pattern nl_municipality_code.

- Parent datatype: `admin_area_2`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Government related (government)
- Countries: Netherlands (NL)
- Languages: Dutch (nl)
- Classification: categorical
- Patterns: `nl_municipality_code`

## Examples

- `Amsterdam`
- `Aalsmeer`
- `Aa en Hunze`
- `'s-Gravenhage` — The Hague, under its official name

## Mappings

- fta: `STATE_PROVINCE.MUNICIPALITY_NL`

## Supported by tools

- `fta`

## Translations

- nl: Gemeente
- ru: Муниципалитет Нидерландов: Название муниципалитета (gemeente) Нидерландов; на 1 января 2026 года их 342.

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Netherlands>
- doc: <https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/onze-diensten/methoden/classificaties/overig/gemeentelijke-indelingen-per-jaar/indeling-per-jaar/gemeentelijke-indeling-op-1-januari-2026>
- other: <https://github.com/tsegall/fta/blob/main/SemanticTypes.md>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: regexp, negative example.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/nl_municipality.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/NL/geo/nl_municipality.yaml>