Asperen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Asperen in the municipality of Lingewaal.

Asperen (51°53′N, 5°7′E) is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Lingewaal, and lies about 10 km east of Gorinchem on the river Linge. It received city rights in 1313.

In 2001, the village of Asperen had 2932 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.72 km², and contained 1087 residences.[1]

The statistical area "Asperen", which also includes the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 3060.[2]

Until 1986, Asperen was a separate municipality; until that year, it was located in the province of South Holland.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001. (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).
  2. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005. As of January 1, 2005.
  3. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [1]

[edit] External links


 This Gelderland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.