- Wijchen
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Wijchen
mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 =Gelderland
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 69.58
area_land_km2 = 66.83
area_water_km2 = 2.75
population_as_of =1 January ,2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 41.673
population_density_km2 = 591
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2, at coord|51|48|28|N|5|43|52|E|type:city(39884)_region:NL.
Neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Wijchen include:
*Centrum: Kloosterakker
*Wijchen-Oost: Valendries, Oosterweg and Uilenboom.
*Woezik: Veenhof and Saltshof.
*Wijchen-Noord.
*Achterlo: Homberg, Heilige Stoel and Kraaijenberg.
*Wijchen-West: Blauwe Hof and Aalsburg.
*Wijchen-Zuid: Abersland, Diepvoorde, Huissteden, Hoogmeer, De Ververt, De Geer, Elsland, De Weertjes, De Grippen, Zesakkers, Zevendreef, Sluiskamp, Oudelaan, and Kronenland.
*Kerkeveld: De Gamert, De Meren, Diemenwei, De Flier, De Lingert.Streets in most neighbourhoods are numbered instead of named. This is not common practice in the Netherlands, therefore the street numbers are included in the house numbering. E.g. someone living in Abersland, 11th street, house #05 will usually use Abersland 1105 in his address.
Population centres
Alverna ,Balgoij ,Batenburg ,Bergharen ,Hernen ,Leur ,Niftrik and Wijchen.Wijchen Castle (town hall)
Parts of Wijchen Castle (Kasteel Wijchen in Dutch) date from the 14th century, but it got its current Mannerist form in the years 1609–1629. It is surrounded by a
moat and currently used as town hall [Stenvert, R. et al. (2000), "Monumenten in Nederland: Gelderland", p. 332–333. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. ISBN 90-400-9406-3.] .People born in Wijchen
*
Fred Rutten (born 1962), football coach
*Roy Makaay (born 1975), footballer
*Claudia van Thiel (born 1977), volleyball playerReferences
External links
* [http://www.wijchen.nl Official website]
* [http://www.plattegronden.nl/gemeentewijchen/ Map]
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