Maasdriel

Maasdriel
Maasdriel
	Municipality
	Church in Alem
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Gelderland
	Coordinates: 51°46′N 5°20′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Henny van Kooten (SGP)
Area [2]
• Total	75.46 km2 (29.14 sq mi)
• Land	66.02 km2 (25.49 sq mi)
• Water	9.44 km2 (3.64 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	4 m (13 ft)
Population (January 2019)[4]
• Total	24,693
• Density	374/km2 (970/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	5320–5335, 6624
Area code	0418, 0487, 073
Website	www.maasdriel.nl

Maasdriel (pronunciation ) is a municipality in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern Netherlands.

Maasdriel was formed on 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.[5]

Populated places

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Maasdriel, June 2015

Joannes Zwijsen

Notable people

Johannes Zwijsen (1794 in Kerkdriel – 1877) Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
Jacobus Groenendaal (1805 in Heerewaarden – 1860) a South African statesman
Johannes Hubertus Leonardus de Haas (1832 in Hedel – 1908) a Dutch animal and landscape painter of the Hague School
Hendrik van der Veen (1888 in Rossum – 1977) a Dutch missionary worker and linguist who worked in Tana Toraja, Dutch East Indies.
Thijs de Graauw (born 1942 in Kerkdriel) a Dutch astronomer
Boet van Dulmen (born 1948 in Ammerzoden) a Dutch former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer

Gallery

"Castle" Rossum
Teisterbant in Kerkdriel
Ammersoyen Castle in Ammerzoden
The castle of Well
Villa Ouderzorg in Hurwenen
The windmill Sarah Catharina in Kerkdriel
Hubertus-church in Alem
Meersloot in Ammerzoden

References

"Burgemeester drs. G.E.W. Prick" (in Dutch). Gemeente Maasdriel. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Postcodetool for 5331CB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2009-12-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Media related to Maasdriel at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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[mayor_now-1] "Burgemeester drs. G.E.W. Prick" (in Dutch). Gemeente Maasdriel. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[AHN-3] "Postcodetool for 5331CB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

[4] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[5] Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2009-12-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)