- Asperen
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caption = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Asperen in the municipality of Lingewaal.Asperen (coord|51|53|N|5|7|E|type:city(2932)) is a village in the Dutch province of
Gelderland . It is a part of the municipality ofLingewaal , and lies about 10 km east ofGorinchem on the riverLinge . It received city rights in1313 .In 2001, the village of Asperen had 2932 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.72 km², and contained 1087 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001"] . (Statistics are for the continuous built-up area).]
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.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]Until 1986, Asperen was a separate municipality; until that year, it was located in the province of
South Holland . [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/zh/asperen.html Map of the municipality in 1868]
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