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caption = The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Vuren in the municipality of Lingewaal.Vuren (coord|51|49|N|5|3|E|type:city(1575)) is a village in the Dutch province of
Gelderland . It is a part of the municipality ofLingewaal , and lies about 5 km east ofGorinchem .Vuren was a separate municipality until 1986, when it merged with Asperen, Herwijnen, and Heukelum including
Spijk. The new municipality was originally called "Vuren", but the name changed to "Lingewaal" in 1987. Before 1816, the municipality of Vuren was named "Dalem ". [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]In 2001, the village of Vuren had 1575 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.47 km², and contained 608 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 "Vuren", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2090.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]References
External links
* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/ge/vuren.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
* [http://www.vuren.info Vuren village homepage]
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