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Encyclopedia > Overbetuwe
Overbetuwe

Location municipality Overbetuwe Location of Overbetuwe. ...

Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Area
- Land
- Water		 114.98 km²
109.40 km²
5.58 km²
Population (2005)
- Density		 42,234
386/km²

Image:Ltspkr.pngOverbetuwe is a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the eastern Netherlands. The modern day Netherlands are divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch), listed below with their capital city: Map of the Netherlands, with provinces and capital cities See also the ranked list of Dutch provinces // Structure A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the... Capital Arnhem Queens Commissioner Jan Kamminga Area  - Total  - % water 2nd 5137 km²  ?% Population  - Total (2004)  - Density 4th 1,966,929 379/km² Anthem Ons Gelderland For the historical duchy also called Gelderland, see Guelders Gelderland (English also Guelders) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... The purpose of this page is to lay out our policies for handling sounds, and give people some useful information for handling sound files. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Capital Arnhem Queens Commissioner Jan Kamminga Area  - Total  - % water 2nd 5137 km²  ?% Population  - Total (2004)  - Density 4th 1,966,929 379/km² Anthem Ons Gelderland For the historical duchy also called Gelderland, see Guelders Gelderland (English also Guelders) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern...


Population centres

Andelst, Driel, Elst, Hemmen, Herveld, Heteren, Homoet, Oosterhout, Randwijk, Slijk-Ewijk, Valburg and Zetten. Driel is a small village located in the municipality of Overbetuwe near Arnhem in the Netherlands. ... Elst is the name of a number of Dutch towns: a former municipality, now part of Overbetuwe, in Gelderland a village in the municipalities of Amerongen and Rhenen, in the province of Utrecht a village in the municipality of Maasdonk, in North Brabant This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Overbetuwe is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Overbetuwe is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ...


Elst

Elst is a rapidly growing town between Arnhem and Nijmegen. Once open spaces on its periphery are giving way to housing and commercial developments.


Much of the town, including its magnificent reformed church, were destroyed during the Second World War. However, this exposed the foundations of an ancient temple from the Roman era. A metal diploma for a soldier who had completed his service and thus earned his Roman citizenship was found nearby. The Roman temple ruins formed the foundation for the predecessor of the present church. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...


Allied forces took Elst during Operation Market Garden. German forces destroyed the dikes flooding much of the Over-Betuwe and creating 'Het Manneneiland', an island between the Nederijn and Waal rivers. Only men were allowed in the area because it was an active battlefront. Combatants XXX Corps First Allied Airborne Army II SS Panzer Corps Army Group B First Parachute Army Commanders Montgomery von Rundstedt Strength 35,000 airborne, XXX Corps 20,000 (start of the battle) Casualties 18,000 casualties 13,000 casualties Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation in World...


Each year, the International Four Days Marches Nijmegen or Vierdaagse passes through Elst and other villages/towns of the Overbetuwe municipality. The International Four Day Marches Nijmegen (or Vierdaagse) is the largest marching event in the world. ...


External link

  • Official Website


 
Gelderland Province

Aalten | Apeldoorn | Arnhem | Barneveld | Berkelland | Beuningen | Brummen | Bronckhorst | Buren | Culemborg | Doesburg | Doetinchem | Druten | Duiven | Ede | Elburg | Epe | Ermelo | Geldermalsen | Groenlo | Groesbeek | Harderwijk | Hattem | Heerde | Heumen | Lingewaal | Lingewaard | Lochem | Maasdriel | Millingen aan de Rijn | Montferland | Neder-Betuwe | Neerijnen | Nijkerk | Nijmegen | Nunspeet | Oldebroek | Oude IJsselstreek | Overbetuwe | Putten | Renkum | Rheden | Rijnwaarden | Rozendaal | Scherpenzeel | Tiel | Ubbergen | Voorst | Wageningen | West Maas en Waal | Westervoort | Wijchen | Winterswijk | Zaltbommel | Zevenaar | Zutphen Capital Arnhem Queens Commissioner Jan Kamminga Area  - Total  - % water 2nd 5137 km²  ?% Population  - Total (2004)  - Density 4th 1,966,929 379/km² Anthem Ons Gelderland For the historical duchy also called Gelderland, see Guelders Gelderland (English also Guelders) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern... Image File history File links Gelderland-Flag. ... Aalten is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Apeldoorn ( â–¶ (help· info)) is a municipality and a town in in the province of Gelderland, about 26,5 miles east of Amersfoort, in central Netherlands. ... Arnhem is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, located on the Lower Rhine, and the capital of the Gelderland province. ... Barneveld is a town and municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. ... From January 1, 2005, Berkelland is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. ... Beuningen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Brummen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Bronckhorst is the name of a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. ... Buren is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands and is strongly linked to the royal family. ... Culemborg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Doesburg is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Doetinchem (Low Saxon: Deutekem) is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. ... Druten is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Duiven is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Ede is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Elburg is a municipality and a city in eastern Netherlands. ... Epe is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Ermelo is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. ... Geldermalsen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Groenlo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Groesbeek is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Harderwijk is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Hattem is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Heerde is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Heumen is a municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands. ... Lingewaal is a municipality in the middle of the Netherlands. ... Lingewaard is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Lochem is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Maasdriel is a municipality in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern Netherlands. ... Millingen aan de Rijn is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Montferland is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. ... Neder-Betuwe (until 2003 called Kesteren) is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Neerijnen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Nijkerk is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. ... Nijmegen (Zuid-Gelders: Nèhméége) (obsolete spellings: Nijmwegen, Nymegen, Nieumeghen — known in German as Nimwegen, French as Nimègue, and Spanish as Nimega) is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, near the German border. ... Nunspeet is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Oldebroek is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... New municipality; the articles have been provisionally merged. ... Putten is a municipality and a town in the middle Netherlands. ... Renkum is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Rheden is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Rijnwaarden is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Rozendaal is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... This article is about the town in Gelderland. ... Tiel is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. ... Ubbergen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Voorst is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Wageningen is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. ... West Maas en Waal is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. ... Westervoort is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Wijchen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Winterswijk is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. ... Zaltbommel is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Zevenaar is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Zutphen (old alternate spelling: Zutfen) is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands on the right bank of the IJssel at the influx of the Berkel, and a junction station 29 km by rail N.N.E. of Arnhem. ...

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Overbetuwe Information (243 words)
Overbetuwe is a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the eastern Netherlands.
Because of its central location between the cities of Nijmegen and Arnhem, a lot of the inhabitants of Overbetuwe commute to these two cities.
Overbetuwe has two railway stations (Elst and Zetten-Andelst), and besides the two existing railway lines, a controversial freight line called the Betuweroute will be operational in 2007.
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