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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Dalfsen
| native_name             = {{native name|sdz|Dalsen}}
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Dalfsen Skyline.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Dalfsen town centre
| image_flag              = Flag of Dalfsen.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Dalfsen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0148 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Dalfsen in a municipal map of Overijssel
| map_caption             = Location in Overijssel
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|30|N|6|15|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Overijssel]]
| government_footnotes    = 
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Michael Sijbom]] ([[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]])
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Dalfsen}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Dalfsen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Dalfsen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
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 |title = Postcodetool for 7721AX
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 27 March 2014
 |archive-date = 25 December 2018
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181225120428/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool%0A
 |url-status = dead
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| elevation_m             = 3
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| elevation_min_m         =
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Dalfsen}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Dalfsen}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Dalfsenaar, Dalfser
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 7710–7714, 7720–7729, 8150–8159
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0529, 0572
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.dalfsen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Dalfsen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈdɑl(ə)fsə(n)|lang|Nl-Dalfsen.ogg}}; [[Dutch Low Saxon]]: {{lang|sdz|Dalsen}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the [[Salland]] region of the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[Overijssel]]. On 1 January 2001, the municipalities of Nieuwleusen and Dalfsen were merged. A variety of [[Sallaans dialect|Sallands]] is spoken here by segment of the population.

==History==
The name first appears in documents in 1231. Due to the closeness of [[Kasteel Rechteren]], Dalfsen is one of several towns along the Overijssel section of the Vecht river never to have received city rights.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

In 2015, archaeologists  found a burial ground dating from the TRB-period (3000-2750 BC) containing 141 burial pits. The TRB dates back to the last phase of the Middle Neolithic period, which is known for its megalithic monuments in northern Europe.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Velde |first=Edited by H. M. van der |url=https://www.sidestone.com/books/making-a-neolithic-non-megalithic-monument |title=Making a Neolithic non-megalithic monument . A TRB burial ground at Dalfsen (the Netherlands), c. 3000-2750 cal. BC |last2=Raemaekers |first2=N. Bouma & Daan |date=2022-05-04 |isbn=978-94-6426-053-3 |language=en}}</ref>

==Population centres ==
{{See also|Districts and neighbourhoods of Dalfsen}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|
* {{ill|Ankum, Netherlands|nl|Ankum (Dalfsen)|lt=Ankum}}
* Dalfsen
* Dalfserveld
* [[Dalmsholte]]
* De Marshoek
* De Meele
* Emmen
* {{ill|Gerner, Netherlands|nl|Gerner|lt=Gerner}}
* Hessum
* [[Hoonhorst]]
* [[Lemelerveld]]
* Lenthe
* Leusenerveld
* [[Nieuwleusen]]
* Oudleusen 
* Oudleusenerveld
* Rechteren
* Strenkhaar
* Welsum
}}

[[File:Gem-Dalfsen-OpenTopo.jpg|thumb|150px|Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Dalfsen, June 2015]]

== Notable people ==
* [[Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk]] (1859 – 1947),  Dutch politician
* [[Peter Nijkamp]] (born 1946), economist
* [[Ilse Warringa]] (born 1975), actress<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5055789/  IMDb Database] retrieved 20 August 2019 </ref>

=== Sports ===
* [[René Eijkelkamp]] (born 1964 ), footballer and coach
* [[Erben Wennemars]] (born 1975),  speed skater
* [[Manon Nummerdor-Flier]] (born 1984), volleyball player
* [[Korie Homan]] (born 1986),  wheelchair tennis player, gold medalist at the [[2008 Paralympics]]
* [[Maikel Kieftenbeld]] (born 1990), professional footballer

== Sport ==
The handball team [[SV Dalfsen Handbal]] is several times Dutch Champion.

== Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Aalshorst Dalfsen.jpg|Aalshorst Dalfsen
File:Dalfsen, de Westermolen RM11656 foto3 2012-09-09 16.16.JPG|Dalfsen windmill
Image:Dalfsen, stadszicht met brug op voorgrond foto2 2010-07-03 10.32.JPG|Dalfsen
File:Hoonhorst, molen de Fakkert foto3 2012-09-09 15.54.jpg|Hoonhorst windmill
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Dalfsen railway station]]
*[[Dalfsen train crash]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.dalfsen.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Dalfsen
 | North     = [[Staphorst]]
 | Northeast = [[Hardenberg]]
 | East      = [[Ommen]]
 | South     = [[Raalte]]
 | West      = [[Zwolle]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Dalfsen}}
{{Overijssel Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Dalfsen| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Overijssel]]
[[Category:Populated places in Overijssel]]
[[Category:Salland]]


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