Gelderland Gelderland

Gelderland - Definition and Overview

Gelderland
Province of the Netherlands
Flag of Gelderland
Map of Gelderland
CapitalArnhem
Queen's CommissionerJan Kamminga
Area
 - Total
 - % water
2nd
5137 km²
 ?%
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Density
4th
1,966,929
379/km²
AnthemOns Gelderland

Gelderland (English also Guelders) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants.

Gelderland was a duchy in the Holy Roman Empire, including also parts of the province of Limburg and of the German District of Cleves with the city of Geldern, the city where the duchy started. It became part of the Habsburgian Netherlands in 1543.

Municipalities

Currently (2005), the municipalities in Gelderland are as follows:


Province Gelderland

Aalten | Apeldoorn | Arnhem | Barneveld | Berkelland | Beuningen | Bronckhorst | Brummen | 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


See also Betuwe, Linge.

Municipalities Abolished on 1 Jan 2005

The following municipalities were abolished on 1 January 2005; see further [1] (http://home.wxs.nl/~pagklein/gemhis.html#nu)(in Dutch) for more detailed information on these changes.

These municipalities were merged with neighbouring ones:

These municipalities were merged and given a new name:

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