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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Wierden
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Gemeentehuis Wierden Voorgevel.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Wierden city hall
| image_flag              = Wierden vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Wierden wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0189 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Wierden in a municipal map of Overijssel
| map_caption             = Location in Overijssel
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|21|N|6|36|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    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = https://www.wierden.nl/college
 |title = Burgemeester en wethouders
 |trans-title = Mayor and aldermen
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Wierden
 |access-date = 21 December 2025}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Nick Hubers
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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|Wierden}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Wierden}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Wierden}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 7642EB
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 2 April 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 11
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Wierden}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Wierden}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Wierdenaar
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| 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             = 7464–7469, 7640–7649
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0546, 0547, 0548
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.wierden.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
[[File:2013-Wierden.jpg|270px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Wierden, July 2013'']]

'''Wierden''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈʋiːrdə(n)|-|Nl-Wierden.oga}}; [[Tweants dialect|Tweants]]: ''Wierdn'') is a town and a municipality in the eastern [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[Overijssel]].

The municipality of Wierden also includes the following towns, villages and townships: 
[[Enter (town)|Enter]], {{Interlanguage link multi|Hoge Hexel|nl}}, {{Interlanguage link multi|IJpelo|nl}}, [[Notter (Netherlands)|Notter]], [[Rectum, Netherlands|Rectum]], and {{Interlanguage link multi|Zuna, Netherlands|nl|Zuna|lt=Zuna}}.

The municipality has 10 primary schools and 1 secondary school. There are 2 soccer clubs, 2 tennis clubs and 1 volleyball club, this is only the top of the clubs. The village has 3 cemeteries of which, only one is currently in use. The mayor is {{Interlanguage link multi|Doret Tigchelaar-van Oene|nl}}, who is also the chair of the board of mayor and aldermen.

In midsummer, the locally known, 3-day festival "WieZo" is held. It starts on a Thursday and ends on Saturday. Every night there are 2 musical acts on the Binnenhof. On Saturday there is also the Wiezoloop. For some years the Wiezoloop has become an independent event, separate from the Wiezo, and is held the same year about 1 month earlier.

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands}}

===Twin towns — sister cities===
Wierden is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
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* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Ermont]], [[France]]
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Lampertheim]], [[Germany]]
* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Maldegem]], [[Belgium]]
|}
Since September 2010, the town council decided to stop the cooperation between the municipalities because of the high costs and too low benefit.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Wierden, de Sint Jan de Doperkerk IMG 5743 2020-05-31 12.16.jpg|Church: the Sint Jan de Doperkerk
File:Klomp Enter.jpg|World's largest [[wooden shoe]] made out of one piece of wood, in the [[Guinness Book of Records]] since June 26, 1991. It stands in the village of [[Enter, Netherlands]]
File:Enter - Beeld 'Gaanzendriewer' van Piet Brouwer voor Klompenmuseum 't Schöpke.jpg|'Gaanzendriewer' (Geese driver) by Piet Brouwer in front of the Klompenmuseum 't Schöpke
</gallery>

==Notable residents==
[[File:Anton Huiskes 1952.jpg|140px|thumb|Anton Huiskes, 1952]]
* [[Johanna ter Steege]] (born 1961), actress <ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824373/  IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2019 </ref>
* [[Loes Haverkort]] (born 1981), actress <ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2156780/  IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2019 </ref>
=== Sport ===
* [[Anton Huiskes]] (1928–2008), ice-skater and national team trainer, competed at the 1948 and [[1952 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Hennie Stamsnijder]] (born 1954) former professional cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist
* [[Jos Lammertink]] (born 1958) retired road bicycle racer
* [[Berthil ter Avest]] (born 1970), soccer player, 275 caps
* [[Marieke van den Ham]] (born 1983) a water polo player, team gold medallist at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Annefleur Kalvenhaar]] (1994–2014) cyclist and mountain biker
* [[Tom Stamsnijder]] (born 1985) former professional road bicycle racer

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline}}
*{{Official website|http://www.wierden.nl}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Wierden
 | North     = [[Hellendoorn]]
 | Northeast = [[Twenterand]]
 | East      = [[Almelo]]
 | South     = [[Hof van Twente]]
 | West      = [[Hellendoorn]]<br>[[Rijssen-Holten]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Wierden}}
{{Overijssel Province}}

{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Wierden| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Overijssel]]
[[Category:Populated places in Overijssel]]
[[Category:Twente]]