Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn | |
|---|---|
City and Municipality | |
 Former town hall in 2012 | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Gelderland | |
| Coordinates: 52°13′N 5°58′E / 52.217°N 5.967°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | John Berends (CDA) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 341.15 km2 (131.72 sq mi) |
| • Land | 339.89 km2 (131.23 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population (Municipality, January 2021; Urban and Metro, May 2014) | |
| • Municipality | 164,781 |
| • Density | 485/km2 (1,260/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 157,679 |
| • Metro | 213,899 |
| Demonym(s) | Apeldoornaar, Apeldoorner, Apeldorenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 3888, 7300–7381 |
| Area code | 055, 0577 |
| Website | www |
Apeldoorn is a city in Gelderland in the Netherlands. It has about 160,000 inhabitants. The Het Loo Palace is in Apeldoorn. This was summer home of the Dutch Royal family.
Notable people from Apeldoorn
• Pieter van Vollenhoven (Dutch royal)
• Volkert van der Graaf (murderer of politican Pim Fortuyn in 2002)
• Karst Tates (attacker queensday Apeldoorn 2009)
References
- ↑ "Burgemeester John Berends" [Mayor John Berends] (in Dutch). Gemeente Apeldoorn. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 7311LG". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; Regionale kerncijfers Nederland" [Regional core figures Netherlands]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ↑ "Apeldoorn - History - The Liberation Of The Netherlands - Anniversaries And Features - Veterans Affairs Canada". veterans.gc.ca. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
