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Geldermalsen

Geldermalsen
Municipality
Geldermalsen railway station
Flag of Geldermalsen
Flag
Coat of arms of Geldermalsen
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Geldermalsen in a municipal map of Gelderland
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°17′E / 51.883°N 5.283°E / 51.883; 5.283Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°17′E / 51.883°N 5.283°E / 51.883; 5.283
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Government
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Miranda de Vries (PvdA)
Area
 • Total 101.73 km2 (39.28 sq mi)
 • Land 99.98 km2 (38.60 sq mi)
 • Water 1.75 km2 (0.68 sq mi)
Elevation 4 m (13 ft)
Population (May 2014)
 • Total 26,334
 • Density 263/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 4150–4158, 4190–4197
Area code 0345
Website www.geldermalsen.nl

Geldermalsen (About this sound pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the western Netherlands. The municipality of Geldermalsen was formed on the 1 January 1978 when the former municipalities of Beesd, Buurmalsen, Deil and Geldermalsen were joined. The new municipality with an area of 101.73 km2 (39.28 sq mi) is one of the largest municipalities in the Western Betuwe. The municipality had a population of 26,334 in 2014. They all live in the eleven villages that form Geldermalsen.

The river Linge flows through Geldermalsen. The town of Geldermalsen itself had a population of 10,637 in 2006.

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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Geldermalsen, June 2015

Demographics of Geldermalsen, 2010:

The road bridge between Buurmalsen and Geldermalsen

Linge river

Windmill in Geldermalsen

Tower of the Reformed Church in the center of Geldermalsen

Choir of the Reformed Church

The villa was built in 1929 by architect A. H. Wegerif ()



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