Maasdriel

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Maasdriel

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mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Gelderland
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 75.49
area_land_km2 = 66.27
area_water_km2 = 9.22
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 23502
population_density_km2 = 355
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

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Population centres

Alem, Ammerzoden, Hedel, Heerewaarden, Hoenzadriel, Hurwenen, Kerkdriel, Rossum, Velddriel, Well & Wellseind and the small settlement of Wordragen.

Maasdriel was formed on the 1. January, 1999 by the merger of the former municipalities of Ammerzoden (including Well, Wellseind en Wordragen), Hedel, Heerewaarden, Maasdriel (Alem, Hoenzadriel, Kerkdriel and Velddriel) and Rossum (including Hurwenen). The former municipality of Maasdriel was called "Driel" before 1944. [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.maasdriel.nl Official website municipality]
* [http://www.paardenmarkt.info Horse market Hedel official website]
* [http://www.hedel.info Website of Hedel]
* [http://www.Hedel.nu Website about Hedel]