- Echteld
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caption = The village centre (red) and the statistical district (light green) of Echteld in the municipality of Neder-Betuwe.Echteld (coord|51|55|N|5|30|E|type:city(514)) is a village in the Dutch province of
Gelderland . It is a part of the municipality ofNeder-Betuwe , and lies about 6 km east ofTiel .Echteld was a separate municipality between 1818 and 2002, when it was merged with
Kesteren . Before 1818, the municipality was calledOchten , after a neighbouring village. [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 Echteld had 514 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.15 km², and contained 207 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 "Echteld", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1180.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/echteld.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]
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