Wijchen

Wijchen
City and Municipality
Wijchen castle
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 51°48′N 5°44′E / 51.800°N 5.733°ECoordinates: 51°48′N 5°44′E / 51.800°N 5.733°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government[1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Hans Verheijen (CDA)
Area[2]
• Total	69.56 km^2 (26.86 sq mi)
• Land	66.49 km^2 (25.67 sq mi)
• Water	3.07 km^2 (1.19 sq mi)
Elevation[3]	9 m (30 ft)
Population (May 2014)[4]
• Total	40,958
• Density	616/km^2 (1,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Wijchenaar
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode	6600–6606, 6613–6617, 6634
Area code	024, 0486, 0487
Website	www.wijchen.nl

Dutch Topographic map of Wijchen, July 2013

Wijchen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋixə(n)]) is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

Population centres

Number of residents per population centre per 12 December 2009:

Wijchen	32,904
Alverna	2,405
Balgoij	779
Batenburg	691
Bergharen	1,779
Hernen	820
Leur	130
Niftrik	570

Source: Statistics Netherlands

The population centre Woezik (3,820 residents on 1 January 2005) and the township Laak are statistically included in Wijchen.

Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods in Wijchen include:

• Centre: 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.
• Huurlingsedam.

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.

Wijchen Castle (town hall)

Parts of Wijchen Castle (Kasteel Wijchen in Dutch) date from the 14th century, but it took its current Mannerist form in the years 1609–1629. It is surrounded by a moat and used to serve as the town hall. Currently, the town hall is on the other side of the road, while the castle is only used for important meetings.^[5]

Notable residents

• Fred Rutten (born 1962), football coach
• Roy Makaay (born 1975), footballer
• Claudia van Thiel (born 1977), volleyball player

Gallery

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  Wijchen, Lourdes cave near het Laantje

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  Wijchen, windmill: de Oude Molen

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  Wijchen, modern living appartements on the church square

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  Wijchen, catholic church

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  Wijchen, Statue: Emilia van Nassau

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  Wijchen, Shopping mall: de Zuiderpoort

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  Wijchen, sculpture: Zonneveld

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  Wijchen, sculpture: De Tafel

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  Batenburg, church: the Sint Victorkerk

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  Batenburg, ruins

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  Batenburg, windmill

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  Bergharen, chapel: kapel Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Nood Gods

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  Hernen, castle: kasteel Hernen

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  Niftrik, church

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  between Niftrik and Balgoij, railway bridge across de Maas

References

1. "Samenstelling college" [Members of the board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Wijchen. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
3. "Postcodetool for 6602DE". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
5. Stenvert, R. et al. (2000), Monumenten in Nederland: Gelderland, p. 332–333. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. ISBN 90-400-9406-3.

External links

• Media related to Wijchen at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website