those comprising one main city, town or village with the same name as the municipality, and possibly some additional villages; for example
Utrecht, comprising the city Utrecht and the villages De Meern, Haarzuilens, Vleuten.
those comprising several villages, none with the name of the municipality; in that case the name of the municipality may not be as well-known outside it as the villages; for example:
Albrandswaard comprising the villages of Poortugaal and Rhoon.
those with a double name, comprising (mainly) the two towns or villages in the name, for example:
Recent politics have led to a great number of mergers between smaller municipalities or with cities, a process which will continue in the future (with a few mergers set to occur on 2009-01-01 and 2010-01-01). On 15 December2008Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius will become part of the Netherlands per se with a status equivalent to that of municipalities.[1]
For the links below, and the articles, note that they do not always reflect the 2006 situation yet.
For each municipality a pdf file – with statistics in Dutch, and with (towards the end) a map showing the neighborhoods (together ca. 11,000), and listing (a few pages further) the population figures etc. as well as the grouping into quarters (together ca 2,400)
