The Noordoostpolder is both a polder and a local authority. The local authority covers 1 city, 10 villages and a separate postal code region.
The latter belongs to Schokland, the former island in the Zuiderzee that became part of the new polder after it was drained. The former island of Urk also forms part of the mainland since the reclamation, but Urk is an independent local authority and thus outside the Noordoostpolder local authority. The region owes its name to its position in relation to the other reclaimed areas drained later.
The other polder which currently contributes to Flevoland was called the Flevopolder which lent its name to Flevoland and encompasses areas with names that refer to their topographic location: Oostelijk eastern Flevoland and Zuidelijk southern Flevoland. Because the Noordoostpolder is at least twenty years older than the rest of Flevoland, the name Noordoostpolder maintained its dominance and was not replaced later with a new name containing the word Flevo.
The province of Flevoland, to which the Noordoostpolder currently belongs, has only existed since In construction was started on the village of Bant, which was initially not even in the plan for the polder. Bant is the smallest village in the Noordoostpolder. The farming designation of this part of the polder is clearly reflected in the street names, which generally refer to agriculture, like Noordakker north field. There is another evidently agrarian accent: Bant has the longest tradition of legal barn dances in the Noordoostpolder.
The annual 'Bant Barn Dance' with performances from well-known bands has been attracting partygoers from all over the Noordoostpolder since Accommodation is available in Bant at a camping site , holiday park or a nature camping sit e. Apparently, in the Middle Ages there was a settlement called Creil on the edge of the Zuiderzee. That name was given to the current village, whose construction began in Creil was also not part of the original planning of the Noordoostpolder, but was added later, and just like all the other villages within cycling distance of Emmeloord.
