Wijchen (municipality)
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Wijchen castle
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.svg) Location in Gelderland |
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| Coordinates: 51°48′N 5°44′E / 51.800°N 5.733°ECoordinates: 51°48′N 5°44′E / 51.800°N 5.733°E | |||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Gelderland | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| • Mayor | Hans Verheijen (CDA) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 69.56 km2 (26.86 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 66.49 km2 (25.67 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) | ||
| Population (February 2017) | |||
| • Total | 40,958 | ||
| • Density | 616/km2 (1,600/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Wijchenaar | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postcode | 6600–6606, 6613–6617, 6634 | ||
| Area code | 024, 0486, 0487 | ||
| Website | www |
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Wijchen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋixə(n)] (
listen)) is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands.
Number of residents per population centre per 12 December 2009:
Source: Statistics Netherlands
The population centre Woezik (3,820 residents on 1 January 2005) and the township Laak are statistically included in Wijchen.
Neighbourhoods in Wijchen include:
Streets in most neighbourhoods are numbered instead of named. This is not common practice in the Netherlands, therefore the street numbers are included in the house numbering. E.g. someone living in Abersland, 11th street, house #05 will usually use Abersland 1105 in his address.
Parts of Wijchen Castle (Kasteel Wijchen in Dutch) date from the 14th century, but it took its current Mannerist form in the years 1609–1629. It is surrounded by a moat and used to serve as the town hall. Currently, the town hall is on the other side of the road, while the castle is only used for important meetings.
Wijchen, Lourdes cave near het Laantje
Wijchen, windmill: de Oude Molen
Wijchen, modern living appartements on the church square
Wijchen, catholic church
Wijchen, Statue: Emilia van Nassau
Wijchen, Shopping mall: de Zuiderpoort
Wijchen, roundabout Kamerlingh Onnesstraat-Buys Ballotstraat
Wijchen, sculpture: Zonneveld
Wijchen, sculpture: De Tafel
Wijchen, ceramic: The foot wants to go where you already find the eye
Batenburg, church: the Sint Victorkerk
Batenburg, ruins
Batenburg, windmill
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