The important economic pillar of the village is the fishery. After the IJsselmeer was formed, the Urkers fished on the North Sea. Due to rising prices of fish, at present Urk is a very prosperous village. In the past, many lives were lost in storms on the Zuiderzee and North Sea. There is a memorial to lost fishermen on Urk, popularly known as the "Urker vrouw": a statue of a woman looking out to sea, vainly awaiting the return of her husband and sons.
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Urk
Urk | Economy
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when will the new dunkirk film be released on dvd
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18 December 2017
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what is this film about?
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Dunkirk evacuation of World War II
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can you mention a few members of the cast?
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Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles
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where was it shot?
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Dunkirk and Urk, Netherlands
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can you tell me anything about the latter place's past?
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Until 1475 the High and Low Lordship of Urk and Emmeloord was in the hands of the Van Kuinre family
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what does the economy of this place depend upon?
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The mainstay of the town's economy has always been fishing, and the products of the sea coming in through Urk's harbour continue to be exported widely, although today Urk's fishing boats must travel greater distances to gather them than was required in most historical periods. Religious life has also traditionally been very important to Urk's inhabitants, with active, conservative congregations of the Dutch Reformed denominations playing key roles in the life of the community.
Urk | Introduction
The important economic pillar of the village is the fishery. After the IJsselmeer was formed, the Urkers fished on the North Sea. Due to rising prices of fish, at present Urk is a very prosperous village. In the past, many lives were lost in storms on the Zuiderzee and North Sea. There is a memorial to lost fishermen on Urk, popularly known as the "Urker vrouw": a statue of a woman looking out to sea, vainly awaiting the return of her husband and sons.
Urk | Economy
The economy of the district depends mainly on agriculture. Hazelnuts, beekeeping, dairy farming, corn, and kale are the main products. In recent decades the population has declined as people have migrated away to jobs in Turkey's larger cities or abroad, now mainly their grandparents remain.
Ulubey, Ordu | Economy
Dominating the Ringvaart canal are the large building halls of Royal De Vries Scheepsbouw. Agriculture and manufacturing also play an important role in the economy of the locality. Dairy, beef, potatoes, vegetables, and fruit are the areas within agriculture, and the types of manufacturing in the city are farm products, sporting goods, boats, and packaging material.
Aalsmeer | Economy
The economy of a village depends on agriculture and husbandry.
Yaylapınar, Bayburt | Economy
Thirsk is built around a large medieval market square, which still hosts an open-air market each Monday and Saturday. The market was established in 1145 and is the focal point for local farmers, traders and visitors. The town was once known for its leather tanning and saddlery trade, but this was replaced in the 19th century by the production of farming implements. This was aided by the establishment of the Mechanics Institute in 1848. The modern economy is based on hospitality, tourism, public administration, finance, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, small industrial, retail and service businesses. It is home to online retailer VetUK.
Thirsk | Economy
The economy of a village depends on agriculture and husbandry. In the village, there is a drinking water supply, but there is no sewerage system. There is a post office and a post office branch but no health centers and health posts nor school. The village has asphalt roads connecting the village and electricity and landline telephone.
Siledik | Economy
The village's economy is based primarily on agriculture and animal husbandry.
Ulupamir | Economy
Agriculture dominated the economy of the town. Especially known for its cherry production but apples, quince, and pears are also grown, with Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium the main markets. Tourism is also a growing industry with spectators coming to the annual wrestling festival.
Uluborlu | Economy
The economy is mostly depended on agriculture and livestock. Although most of the young population prefer working in the city center.
Düvecik, Canik | Economy
The economy of Aydıncık primarily depends on agricultural activities. Mostly cereals and very limited amounts of sugar beet, fruits, and vegetables are cultivated. Cows, sheep, and poultry are raised in ranches.
Aydıncık, Bayburt | Economy
Despite the recent development of workshops and the commercial sector (including the building of a shopping mall in the center of the settlement), the economy is mostly based on agriculture.
Vrčin | Economy
The economy of the village depends greatly on agriculture. Mainly, onion, beans, tomato, pepper, wheat, barley, plum, peach, melon, watermelon and grapes are cultivated in the village.
Kızılhisar, Yenişehir | Economy
The economy of the village is mostly dependent on agriculture and some are on services.
Roopahera | Economy
The economy of the village is based on agriculture and animal husbandry.
Kirazcık | Economy
The local economy relies mainly on agriculture with approximately four small shops within the village as of 2017. The agricultural economy relies on small subsistence farming by small landholders. Farming activity mainly relies on cash crops and is used to both generate small incomes as well as for the provision of food stuffs for the grower and the family. Animal husbandry is rare as of 2017 with only one or two individuals still owning large flocks of sheep. Labour prices per day are around 1000 lek per day per labourer but can be as high as 1500 lek as of 2017.
Dobër | Economy
Mareergur's economy depends mostly on livestock. There are few livestock markets in the town where people sell and buy livestock from each other. Mareergur's economy also depends on exports of livestock.
Mareergur | Economy
The economy is mainly based on animal husbandry, with locals raising yak, sheep and goats. There are primary schools and health centres.
Zharen | Economy
Since 1629 the town has had the privilege of a weekly trade and a 2-week fair in the year. Now the economy of the city is based on the enterprises of the food industry and is a center for arts and crafts (embroidery, weaving, etc.).
Chachersk | Economy
The town economy depends heavily on the farming of olive. Fishing and animal husbandry are other economic activities. Presently, once common sericulture plays no role in economy.
Boyalıca | Economy
The economy of the town depends on agriculture. There is a tomato paste factory and a dairy products factory around the town.
Tatkavaklı | Economy
The people in the area depend mostly upon subsistence agriculture and livestock production, with some production of handicrafts.
Duzduzan | Economy
The economy of the town depends on tourism and citrus farming. But because of new hotel constructions the percentage of land allocated to farming is shrinking.
Avsallar | Economy
Most of the area west of the city is a polder riddled with drainage trenches. The major economic activity of the region is dairy farming, producing the famous butter of .
Diksmuide | Introduction
The economy is primarily based on agriculture. The village has a village hall.
Uszód | Economy
The local economy is based on agriculture. There is a large horticultural business, a national haulage firm and several small family run pubs and shops.
Kildorrery | Economy
Situated in the fertile plain, the town's economy depends on agriculture. Cereal, cotton, sugar beet and anise are among the more important crops. Travertine mining is another profitable activity.
Kaklık | Economy
Economy depends mostly on Agriculture. There are two crops based on duration per year. Major crops cultivated highly in this village includes
Kalthurai | Economy
In addition to the cellulose and paper mill, there is chemical production and timber production conducted in and near the town, as well as some machinery production.
Amursk | Economy
The village's inhabitants earlier earned their livelihoods mainly at agriculture, but also sometimes by working the sandstone quarries nearby. From the late 19th century until the outbreak of the Second World War, many men left the village to seek their living as travelling musicians ("Wandermusikanten"). Over the last few decades, the number of agricultural operations has shrunk. Nevertheless, many fields are still worked now.
Deimberg | Economic structure
At the time of the feudal lordship, the villagers were to a great extent dependent on the castle, which was for them an important basis on which livelihoods were earned. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the castle served the cutlers and nailers as a dwelling place. Even today, it is regarded as an important income earner, although now its use as such comes from tourism and the many thousands of visitors that that draws to the castle each year. Apart from that, agriculture was also held to be the most important source of income in earlier times. It must be borne in mind, too, that in farming households, especially in winter, wool was spun, and many looms were to be found in houses.
Thallichtenberg | Economic structure
Though there was a rudimentary harbor with a jetty but not a breakwater, it is evident from the opulence presented by the city that there were more than enough resources to make one if they wanted. The city boasted four churches, a great number of tombstones and good fortifications which indicate an affluence of that time.
Aperlae | Economy
The village has many paddy fields and small rivers, and has stops for local buses and auto-rickshaws. Most of the people depend on agriculture, with rice, rubber, coconut among the main crops.
Andoor | Economy
With the rise of tourism, agriculture began to decrease in significance. Today there are only a few scattered farmsteads. Some farms were evacuated out of the town in the 1950s and 60's and are now situated outside the village proper but still in the municipality's area. Oldsum underwent a transformation from a farmers' to an artists' village, numerous studios and galleries can now be found there. Other important economical factors are a rising number of crafts enterprises as well as retailing.
Oldsum | Economy
The Netherlands has a prosperous and open economy, which depends heavily on foreign trade. The economy is noted for stable industrial relations, fairly low unemployment and inflation, a sizable current account surplus (compared to the size of the country even more than Germany) and an important role as a European transportation hub, with Rotterdam as by far the biggest port in Europe and Amsterdam with one of the biggest airports in Europe. Industrial activity is predominantly in food processing, chemicals, petroleum refining, hightech, financial services, creative sector and electrical machinery. A highly mechanised agricultural sector employs no more than 2% of the labour force but provides large surpluses for the food-processing industry and for exports.
Economy of the Netherlands | Introduction
The name "De Uithoorn" (or also "De Uythoorn") was used at the end of the Middle Ages for the location of the lower courts of the deanery of Saint John. The village formed around its courthouse. People depended on agriculture and animal husbandry. Agriculture became increasingly more difficult due to the steady soil subsidence. From c. 1600 on, peat extraction became important and resulted in the formation of large ponds, which in turn would be made into polders later on. During the Franco-Dutch War in the "disaster year" of 1672, Uithoorn was on the front lines and fortifications were built.
Uithoorn | History
Its economy is dependent heavily on subsistence agriculture, wood products, and some mining.
Trento, Agusan del Sur | Economy
Economy of the town like most other towns depend on agriculture. Fruits like pomegranates, plums, apricots, grapes, figs as well as olives are the most pronounced products There is also a trout farm in the town.
Göksu, Mut | Economy
The main sources of income were the raising of livestock and the cultivation of tobacco. Currently, most people work out of town, mostly in the surrounding towns of Amersfoort, Utrecht and Veenendaal.
Woudenberg | Economy
The majority of the people are farmers (the town is surrounded by rubber tree plantations) or are in business. Before it was a small town, now its undergoing developments, because of the temple, Masjid and its integrated, non-discriminatory society.
Erumely | Economy
The economy of the town depends on agriculture, trade, services.
Rasm Harmil al-Imam | Economy
Thus in 1619 a barber, a cooper, a glazier, a locksmith, a blacksmith, a carpenter, a wainwright, a bricklayer, two butchers, two millers, two shoemakers, three carpenters, five bakers, five tailors, five stonemasons, eight clothiers and several innkeepers and brewmasters offered their services in Erlangen. The recurrent warlike events proved to be devastating for the economic development. As Erlangen was completely destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, the population was wiped out or expelled.
Erlangen | The economy before the foundation of the Huguenot city in 1686
A cloth hall was built at the beginning of the 15th century, which was later transformed into the city hall. The Eighty Years' War greatly damaged the Geel economy as well as its buildings and churches. The textile industry recovered to last until the early 19th century, but the economy was now mostly supported by agriculture, specifically rye, oat, barley, and buckwheat. Geel was also known at that time for its Latin School, which attracted students from far away to prepare them for entry at the Catholic University of Leuven.
Geel | Origins and Middle Ages
The economy of a village depends on agriculture and husbandry. The village has a primary school, drinking water network, but no sewerage system. The newly opened health center was shut down in July 2010. The village has asphalt roads connecting the village and has electricity and landline telephone.
Dışkaya, Uşak | Economy
Formerly the town economy depended on coal mines. In the early twentyfirst century greenhouse agriculture superseded the mining economy.
Bakacakkadı | Introduction
Today the economy of Bor depends on grazing animals, plus some carpet weaving and leather-making. The countryside is too dry for planting crops, although there are vineyards and orchards (mainly apple and apricot) in Kemerhisar. This is a relatively poor district and many people have migrated to Europe or the larger cities of Turkey in search of jobs.
Bor, Niğde | History
Though there are several small industrial objects, the settlement is predominantly agricultural with the livestock breeding especially being developed.
Nemenikuće | Economy
In the 11th century, Oudenaarde’s economy flourished, thanks to the proximity of the Scheldt and to the burgeoning, but vibrant cloth and tapestry industry. Churches, cloisters and hospitals were built. Throughout the Middle Ages, the city was one of the staunchest supporters of the counts of Flanders, defending them against insurrections from the South, and even from Ghent. The city became known as the "residence of the nobles". It built itself a flagship town hall (built 1526–1537), which we can still admire today, and the St-Walburga church. Charles V stayed here for a couple of months in 1522 and fathered an illegitimate daughter, Margaret of Parma, who was to become Regent of the Netherlands.
Oudenaarde | Oudenaarde’s golden age
The district produces tobacco and wool and silk products. Urgut town has market days every weekend, and is one of the largest market towns in the region. The district is home to carpets, jewels, metalwork and ceramics. The market also has smithies, tin workshops and stalls selling locally produced tea sets, clothes and traditional leather boots.
Urgut District | Economy
Fishing and agriculture shaped the economy of the Dutch in the 15th and 16th centuries. In the early 15th century, Antwerp in modern-day Belgium was the commercial capital of Northern Europe. The Dutch Revolt against Spanish Habsburgs had a large impact on the Fall of Antwerp in 1585. Those who inhabited those lands were in need of a new home that offered security. These peoples included merchants and Calvinist craftsmen. They eventually went to the Northern Netherlands. Holland and Zeeland were growing in population. These two provinces were also heavily involved in maritime operations and productions. For most of the 16th century, these lands were considered more rural than those of the southern Netherlands.
Economy of the Netherlands from 1500–1700 | 16th Century Dutch Economy
The town economy depends on agriculture. Industrial plants, fruits and cereals are among the town products.
Göçbeyli | Introduction
Many of the skilled craftsmen and merchants migrated northbound to ultimately provide the foundation for Dutch trade expansion and growth. Their new home formally became The United Provinces of the Netherlands or as previously mentioned: The Dutch Republic. Antwerp was also the home of the Shelde River Estuary Port. When the Spanish captured this port, it became a turning point in the war. Prior to the Fall of Antwerp, Portuguese had been sending gold, ivory, sugar, and other products from the Atlantic to the main port in Antwerp.
Economy of the Netherlands from 1500–1700 | Fall of Antwerp
In the 1950s, the heavy economy began to develop in the city. In 1959 a mechanical workshop for boilers and tools was built in the city.Today, the city has a large machine-building plant, automobile plant and metallurgical plant
Oskemen | Economy
Several enterprises have settled in the outskirts of the village. Also tourism and horse ranches are an important factor.
Alkersum | Economy
The economy is based on fruit orchards, (lemon and persimmon), vegetable crops (artichokes), dairy farming and turkey-breeding. The kibbutz also has an air-conditioner factory and runs a guesthouse.
Ein Tzurim | Economy
In former times the main income source from the inhabitants was agriculture, however later in the 18th century the weaving mill of lines became more and more important. Since the end of the 19th century Eschelbronn is well known for its furniture manufacturing industry.
Eschelbronn | Economy
The Lordship of Urk thus remained in the possession of the Zoudenbalch family from 1475 until 1614 and the Zoudenbalchs witnessed many tribulations on Urk during the period of their rule there. In the early 16th century the island was plagued by pirate raids led by guerilla leaders from the Duchy of Gueldres, Karel van Gelder and Grote Pier. Then, in 1536, Urk was hit by the Black Plague and its population decimated. In 1570 the All Saints flood (Allerheiligenvloed) destroyed much of the infrastructure of the island and claimed many lives.
Zoudenbalch | The Zoudenbalchs as Lords of Urk
The economy of the village is based on forest products, agriculture and animal husbandry.
Sümenler, Pınarbaşı | Economy
The population is approximately 1,000. The economy is mostly based on agriculture. The main product is hazelnuts and the income level is insufficient to survive. It is because of this that many people have emigrated from the village for economic opportunities.
Harmanlı, Arsin | Population and economy
The village economy is based on agriculture and animal husbandry. The village primary school has been temporarily closed. The village has telephone and sealed road access and a potable drinking water supply, but no sewerage system and no post office. There are no health services.
Kargakonmaz | Introduction
The economy of the region is based on agriculture and tourism.
Urubici | Economy
The main economic activity is agriculture and animal husbandry. The town has always been famed for hot springs. In a systematical research, it is reported that the temperature of the water is 60 °C (140 °F) and the flow rate is 55 lt/s. Thermal spas under planning or construction may contribute to town economy.
Sağlık, Meram | Economy
(from an important family of Antwerp.) From 1660 to 1792 Urk and Emmeloord belonged to the municipality of Amsterdam, and ruled from 1660 to 1672/1678 by Andries de Graeff. From 1792 to 1950 Urk belonged to the province of Noord-Holland. From 1950 to 1986 Urk belonged to the province of Overijssel. Since 1986, Urk has belonged to the province of Flevoland. After WWII, Urk's town spread into the polder. Many Urkers who had to leave the town because of overcrowding before the polder reclamation was completed were able to return to Urk. The Noordoostpolder in its early years had an alternative name "Urker Land," from which Urk's newspaper, "Het Urkerland", gets its name.
Urk | History / Lordship of Urk en Emmeloord
The crucial factor in Urartu's economy was water, since many regions such as the coast of Lake Van, the valley of the river Murat River and Ararat plain were poorly adapted for primitive farming and were productive only with artificial irrigation. As a result, all the king's farm were concentrated around the irrigation canals, which were built through mass mobilization of the population and were one of the main factors of the Urartian prosperity of the 8th century BC. Thanks to the irrigation system, Urartu was self-sufficient with grain and was the major producer and exporter of wine in the region.
Economy of Urartu | Irrigation
The village is dependent on tourism, in Summer and Winter.
Seis am Schlern | Economy
Traditionally, the economy of the city has been based on agriculture, mostly subsistence farming and cultivation Sugar cane forms a crucial pillar of the economy. The sugar cane is appreciated not only as a food product but for its medicinal qualities.
Apastepeque | Economy
The population of Urartu was a "property" of the king. Rebels from remote provinces were usually enslaved and sent to forced labor. Population was likely obliged to participate in nation building, that is improvement of the royal household, erection of temples and fortresses. A significant part of it enjoyed some freedom, had the opportunity to run their own farm and employ servants or use slaves. A small part of the population, mostly occupying military and court posts, lived on a state allowance.
Economy of Urartu | People
Termonfeckin is primarily dependent on the farming industry. However, tourism also plays a large part, and nearby Baltray and Seapoint, with their coasts and golf courses, attracting visitors.
Termonfeckin | Economy
The local economy is based on agriculture. The village promotes itself as the local potato capital, and a Potato Festival is organised annually.
Herrlisheim | Economy
Salt pan owners revolted against the government decision to build a seaport, but the port has proved to be the main source of income to residents and nearby villages, as major projects and warehouses have opened nearby.
Uran | Economy
The economy is based on agriculture. There are no shops, restaurants, or hotels in the village.
Launstroff | Economy
Agricultural products of the village are tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, potatoes, onions, peppers, corn, peas, sunflowers, lentils, cabbage, cherry, sour cherry, apple, peach, pear, mulberry, blackberry, grape, walnut, plum, apricot.
Porsuk, Ulukışla | Economy
Today the Plant is not functional. But there is agricultural happening and there is a State radio station known as the Radio Stacioni Kombetar Shtermen. The City has had many opportunities for a better economy for its people and land.
Cërrik | Economy
An important economic factor in the village, in addition to handicrafts and agriculture, is tourism. In the industrial estate is one of the largest used car centres in Europe: ALD AutoLeasing D sells there about 10,000 former leased cars per year.
Dorfmark | Economy
The village economy is based on agriculture and animal husbandry.
Arızlar, Sandıklı | Economy
The village depends on the Nagarjuna-Sagar left canal, and the village economy is based on rice cultivation. 90% of the economy of the village is from rice and daily wages.
GuduguntlaPalem | Economy
The region's ancient coastal hunting and fishing cultures are preserved by the local population.
Vankarem | Economy
The economy is based around forestry, agriculture and most people have small holdings. This region was prized for its clay and there are many old 'Tuileries' which were the old tile-making sites. The weather used to be very hot in the summer with snow in the winter as it is quite high up, but the last couple of years have seen an increase in rain (to the point of damaging crops), and milder summers.
Couzon | Economy
Fruits are the main products of Yeşilburç. The village is especially specialised in apple production. The touristic potential is also high for there are many historical buildings (from Karamanlides) in the village. But at the present tourism plays no role in the village economy
Yeşilburç | Economy
The town now supports the surrounding agricultural district mainly producing cotton, cattle and grain.
Goovigen | Economy
The majority of the population is dependent on agriculture.
Kadus | Economy
Ordubad economy is dependent on trading particularly of fruits, wheat, and silk; grapes are of 40 varieties. The silk exports have been mostly to Venice, Marseille, Amsterdam and many other places in Europe, from the middle of the 16th century. During the early years of the 20th century the Ordubad silk received 13 gold medals in the international exhibitions and fairs. Arak is also an export commodity of the city. Economic activity in Ordubad and near by regions includes copper mining, Paragachayskoe molybdenum deposit from the Meghri-Ordubad gratoidnym batholiths, bauxite, tungsten and tin ore.
Ordubad | Economy
The town's economy consists of nearly 1,000 various enterprises, of which 24 are medium-sized employing 2,200 people. The most important industries are machine assembly, semiconductors, injection moulding, magnetics, dyes, and shoe manufacturing.
Donaueschingen | Economy
70% of people are dependent on agriculture. They grow ragi, rice and various types of dhal. There is a milk-collecting centre which provides livelihood for a lot of people.
Sondekoppa | Economy
Due to declining agricultural resources of the area the increasing population could not be supported with the available resources and this has led to migration to larger cities or even to several European countries or other continents. The current economy still relies of agriculture and farming. In recent years, apricots have been produced although this is not at a large scale. Other crops that are grown in the area include wheat, barley and chickpeas. Dairy products are obtained from the cows, sheep and goats that are owned by the inhabitants.
Haticepinar | Economy
The economy of Narkhed depends primarily on agriculture. Commercial activities increase during orange season.
Narkhed | Economy
Given the town's central location, many markets were held in Kusel even as far back as the Middle Ages, although these often had to put up with stiff competition from other traditional markets in other nearby places. The town's economic life in the late 18th century was characterized by many small craftsmen's workshops. There were wool and linen weavers, doublet and hose knitters, clothmakers and hatters as well as walking mills and gristmills, tanneries and several breweries. At the same time, dealers travelling overland from the town did a brisk trade with these products. In the age of industrialization, few of these craftsmen managed to expand their workshops or to switch to new, effective production methods.
Kusel | Economic structure
The economy is primarily based on agriculture, husbandry and fisheries. Since 2000, the town has embraced the concept of eco-tourism and converted old traditional village houses into guesthouses in traditional styles. The area lacks any industrial plants.
Rizokarpaso | Introduction
Edoor town is a small marketplace for the farmer communities of the surrounding regions.
Edoor | Economy
A trade in brooms existed in the 19th century. Currently the economy is primarily agricultural with grapes, plant nurseries, organic crops, and cattle pastures. The monthly fair is on the third Monday in the month. As of 2017, the commune has 174 employable people with an unemployment rate of 12.9%. Of the 174 employable people, 87 are men and 87 are women. 84% are employees, and 78% work outside the commune.
Authon-Ébéon | Economy
The town's economy is based on agriculture such as rubber, coconut, and cashews. People in the area are mainly depending on these agricultural items.
Vaniyappara | Economy
Worthy of mention is one family that works the land as a secondary occupation, and strictly organically. The great majority of Oberalben inhabitants must commute to jobs outside the village. It is believed that there are future opportunities for the village in tourism.
Oberalben | Economic structure
The main economic activities are agriculture and animal husbandry. But there are also some factories around the town such as paper, ceramics and moulding.
Vezirhan | Economy
Although it is difficult to quantify concepts such as Gross domestic product and per-capita GDP in an age when reliable economic statistics were not gathered, De Vries and Van der Woude have nevertheless ventured to make a number of informed estimates, justified in their view, by the "modern" character of the Dutch economy in this period. They arrive at a size of the economy around 1660 that was approximately 45 percent of that of Britain (with two-and-a-half times the Dutch population). This works out at a per capita income that is 30 to 40 percent higher than that of Great Britain (admittedly still a premodern economy at the time).
Economic history of the Netherlands (1500–1815) | Zenith in 1650s
The widely spaced houses of the village cover an area of around 700 m. The people are a mixture of Fula, Mbere, Mbum and Gbaya people, some of whom are Christians and some Muslims. The economy is based on the sale of agricultural products (beans, legumes, maize, potatoes), livestock, and apiculture.
Dakkere | Population & economy
The city's economy primarily involves agricultural and livestock production. Agriculture is done on a small scale with production in kitchen gardens of borage, beet, potato, pepper, and fodder. Livestock is the basis of the local economy, whose cottages comprise cattle and horses. The area of forested land exceeds 5,800 hectares. There is plenty of hunting, especially for wild boar.
Ajamil | Economy
Between 1500 and 1800, the volume of water flowing through the IJssel decreased, decreasing the importance of Deventer's harbour. The competition with trade centres in Holland, as well as the religious war between 1568 and 1648, brought a decline in the city's economy. In the 18th century, the iron industry came to Deventer. East of the town, so-called "oer", riversand containing iron, was found as early as 900. From this material, ore was produced and brought to town. The main road of the villages Okkenbroek, Lettele and Schalkhaar is still named Oerdijk (Ore Dyke).
Deventer | 16th–18th centuries
The economy of the village is traditionally tied to production of potatoes, grain, beef, and milk.
Hruševo | Economy
During the 13th century (and especially after a large storm in 1282) the Zuiderzee formed, and the water round Urk suddenly became tidal sea. Because there was no sea defence, in the course of time large pieces of the island were eroded away. The southwest side of Urk, which rose perpendicularly out of the sea, was called "het Hoge Klif" ("the High Cliff"). Around 1700 the municipality of Amsterdam gave sea defences to Urk. The town contains the highest point in the province of Flevoland.
Urk | Geography
For centuries the economy of Lekkerkerk has been agriculture, fishing, shipping, and ship building. Like so many other peat areas in Holland and Utrecht, agriculture in the Krimpenerwaard was characterized by crop cultivation in the higher lands and the lower areas used for cattle grazing. The primary crop was grain, but hops and cabbage were also cultivated with some orchards and even vineyards present as well. As a result of the important fishing industries along the river, wood and ship building industries developed, as well as ropemaking. Ropemakers used to use hemp for ropes. So hemp has been cultivated on a large scale in the Krimpenerwaard since around 1600.
Lekkerkerk | Economy