- Wamel
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caption = The town centre (red) and the statistical district (light green) of Wamel in the municipality of West Maas en Waal.Wamel (coord|51|53|N|5|28|E|type:city(1825)) is a town in the Dutch province of
Gelderland . It is a part of the municipality ofWest Maas en Waal , and lies about 3 km east ofTiel .Wamel was a separate municipality until 1984, when it merged with
Appeltern andDreumel . The new municipality was first called "Wamel", but the name changed to "West Maas en Waal" in 1985. [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 town of Wamel had 1825 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.64 km², and contained 699 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 "Wamel", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2360.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), [http://statline.cbs.nl/ "Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2003-2005"] . As of
January 1 ,2005 .]More about Wamel: http://www.wamel.net
People born in Wamel
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Ivo Den Bieman (born 1967), footballerReferences
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