Zaltbommel

Zaltbommel
Municipality
1 Townhall - 2 Saint-Martin 3 Gothic house - 4 Gasthuistower
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°48′N 05°15′E / 51.800°N 5.250°E / 51.800; 5.250Coordinates: 51°48′N 05°15′E / 51.800°N 5.250°E / 51.800; 5.250
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Area(2006)
• Total	89.06 km2 (34.39 sq mi)
• Land	79.94 km2 (30.87 sq mi)
• Water	9.12 km2 (3.52 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2008)
• Total	26,187
• Density	328/km2 (850/sq mi)
	Source: Municipality Zaltbommel, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Zaltbommel (Dutch pronunciation: [zɑɫdˈbɔməɫ] ( listen)) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands.

The current Municipality of Zaltbommel was created on 1 January 1999, by a merger of the municipalities of Brakel, Kerkwijk and Zaltbommel. The municipality is situated in the heart of the Netherlands, close to the A2 Motorway, the railway line from Utrecht to 's-Hertogenbosch and the rivers Waal and Maas.

Population centres

The City of Zaltbommel, consists of 13 Population Centres and counted 26.187 inhabitants on 1 January 2008, a decrease of 18 compared to 2007.^{[citation needed]}

The city of Zaltbommel

The town of Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. Zaltbommel received city rights in 1231 and these were renewed in 1316.

People born in Zaltbommel

• Maarten van Rossum, (ca. 1490 - 1555), famous military commander
• Lucas Vorsterman (1595–1675), engraver
• Hendrik Antonie Lodewijk Hamelberg (1826–1896), consul general and special envoy of the Orange Free State
• Gerard Philips (1858–1942), industrialist, co-founder of Philips Electronics
• Anton Philips (1874–1951), industrialist, co-founder of Philips Electronics

Image gallery

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  Zaltbommel (in the upper right hand corner of the image) is situated on the banks of the Rhine, on a stretch of the river called Waal by the Dutch. Major north-south highways and railways cross the river just east of the town

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  1649 map of Zaltbommel in Willem and Joan Blaeu's "Toonneel der Steden"

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zaltbommel.

• Official Website of Zaltbommel (English)

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