Editing Almelo (section)

{{for|the cargo ship originally named Almelo|SS Dalstroy}}
{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Almelo
| settlement_type         = [[List of cities in the Netherlands by province|City]] and [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Koornmarkt Almelo.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Almelo city centre
| image_flag              = Almelo flag outline.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
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| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0141 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Almelo in a municipal map of Overijssel
| map_caption             = Location in Overijssel
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands#Europe
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location within the Netherlands##Location within Europe
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| coordinates             = {{coord|52|21|N|6|40|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Overijssel]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.almelo.nl/Smartsite.shtml?ch=TER&id=58816
 |title = Portefeuilleverdeling
 |trans-title = Division of tasks
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Almelo
 |access-date = 26 March 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = VVD
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Richard Korteland
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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|Almelo}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Almelo}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Almelo}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 7607EK 
 |language=nl 
 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=26 March 2014 
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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |archive-date=21 September 2013 
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| elevation_m             = 12
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Almelo}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Almelo}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Almeloër
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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             = 7600–7614, 7627
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0546
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.almelo.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}

'''Almelo''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɑlməloː|-|Nl-Almelo.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a city in the eastern [[Netherlands]]. The main population centres in the town are [[Aadorp]], Almelo, [[Mariaparochie]], and [[Bornerbroek]].

Almelo has about 72,000 inhabitants in the middle of the rolling countryside of [[Twente]], with the industrial centres of [[Enschede]] and [[Hengelo]] as close neighbours but also with tourist towns like [[Ootmarsum]], [[Delden]] and [[Markelo]] only a bicycle ride away. 

Almelo received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1394.  Within the city limits lies the castle of the [[Count]]s of Almelo. Located in the city centre is Huize Almelo, a castle that in its current form dates back to 1662 (This castle is not open to the public). 

There are [[mosaic]]s which decorate the walls of the tunnel close to the [[Almelo railway station|railway station]].

The city is also known for its local [[association football]] club [[Heracles Almelo]], which plays in the [[Eredivisie]], the highest football league in the Netherlands. The club uses the [[Erve Asito]].