Wijchen

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Wijchen
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Area (2006)
- Municipality	69.58 km²  (26.9 sq mi)
- Land	66.83 km² (25.8 sq mi)
- Water	2.75 km² (1.1 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	41.673
- Density	591/km² (1,530.7/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Wijchen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, at 51°48′28″N, 5°43′52″E.

Contents 1 Neighbourhoods 2 Population centres 3 Wijchen Castle (town hall) 4 Born in Wijchen 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods in Wijchen include:

• Centrum.
• Wijchen-Oost: Valendries and Uilenboom.
• Woezik: Veenhof and Saltshof.
• Wijchen-Noord.
• Achterlo: Homberg, Heilige Stoel and Kraayenberg.
• Wijchen-West: Blauwe hof and Aalsburg.
• Wijchen-Zuid: Diepvoorde, Huissteden, Hoogmeer, De ververt, De Geer, Elsland, De Weertjes, De Grippen, Zesakkers, Zevendreef, Sluiskamp, Oudelaan, Kronenland and Abersland.
• Kerkeveld: De Gamert, De Meren, Diemenwei, De Flier, De Lingert.

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, 10th street, house #12 will usually use Abersland 1012 in his address.

[edit] Population centres

Alverna, Balgoij, Batenburg, Bergharen, Hernen, Leur, Niftrik and Wijchen.

[edit] Wijchen Castle (town hall)

Parts of Wijchen Castle (Kasteel Wijchen in Dutch) date from the 14th century, but it got its current Mannerist form in the years 1609–1629. It is surrounded by a moat and currently used as town hall^[1].

[edit] Born in Wijchen

• Roy Makaay
• Robin Vossen

[edit] References

1. ^ Stenvert, R. et al. (2000), Monumenten in Nederland: Gelderland, p. 332–333. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. ISBN 90-400-9406-3.

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Map