Wijchen

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Dutch Topographic map of Wijchen, July 2013

Wijchen (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

Population centres

Number of residents per population centre per 12 December 2009:

Wijchen 32,904
Alverna 2,405
Balgoij 779
Batenburg 691
Bergharen 1,779
Hernen 820
Leur 130
Niftrik 570

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The population centre Woezik (3,820 residents on 1 January 2005) and the township Laak are statistically included in Wijchen.

Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods in Wijchen include:

  • Centre: Kloosterakker
  • Wijchen-Oost: Valendries, Oosterweg and Uilenboom.
  • Woezik: Veenhof and Saltshof.
  • Wijchen-Noord.
  • Achterlo: Homberg, Heilige Stoel and Kraaijenberg.
  • Wijchen-West: Blauwe Hof and Aalsburg.
  • Wijchen-Zuid: Abersland, Diepvoorde, Huissteden, Hoogmeer, De Ververt, De Geer, Elsland, De Weertjes, De Grippen, Zesakkers, Zevendreef, Sluiskamp, Oudelaan, and Kronenland.
  • Kerkeveld: De Gamert, De Meren, Diemenwei, De Flier, De Lingert.
  • Huurlingsedam.

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.

Wijchen Castle (town hall)

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Room in the castle used for town council meetings

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 down the road, while the castle is only used for important meetings.[1] It is also used as a wedding location.

Notable residents

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Roy Makaay, 2007
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SWACQ, DJ

Sport

Gallery

References

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  1. ↑ Stenvert, R. et al. (2000), Monumenten in Nederland: Gelderland, p. 332–333. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. Template:ISBN.

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External links

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