Raalte is a municipality and a town in the heart of the region of Salland in the Dutch province of Overijssel.

Population centres

The municipality consists of the following towns and villages. Raalte is the main place of the municipality, with over 20,000 mostly Roman Catholic inhabitants. It is a regional market, education and shopping centre.

Transport

Raalte railway station and Heino railway stations are located along the minor railroad Zwolle – Enschede. Frequency: mostly twice per hour. There also is a bus-line running from the Raalte railway station called the buurtbus, along the lines: 516 Raalte - Heeten - Olst, 518 Raalte - Lemelerveld. It runs Monday to Friday, at mostly once per hour(Line 516 runs twice per hour). An important road for motorists is the N348 Deventer – Wesepe (mun. Olst-Wijhe – Raalte – Lemelerveld – Ommen ( in northeasterly direction from Deventer). In Raalte it crosses a road (N35) from Zwolle going south-east over Heino, Raalte, Mariënheem and Nijverdal to Wierden, where it continues as a highway (A35) to Almelo and Enschede.

Economy

Raalte has a lot of small industrial enterprises, many of them processing agricultural products. For the local economy, trade, agriculture (especially breeding cattle) and tourism are more important.

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Notable people

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