Rheden

Rheden (pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.

Rheden
Church in Rheden
Flag
Coat of arms
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 52°1′N 6°3′E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGelderland
Government
  BodyMunicipal council
  MayorCarol van Eert (PvdA)
Area
  Total84.35 km2 (32.57 sq mi)
  Land81.74 km2 (31.56 sq mi)
  Water2.61 km2 (1.01 sq mi)
Elevation28 m (92 ft)
Population
 (January 2019)[4]
  Total43,640
  Density534/km2 (1,380/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Rhedenaar
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
6880–6883, 6950–6957, 6990–6994
Area code026, 0313
Websitewww.rheden.nl

Population centres

Population of the seven villages on 1 January 2013[5]

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rheden, June 2015

Transportation

Notable residents

Public thinking and Public Service

Louis Couperus
Anouk van Dijk, 2009

The Arts

  • Mina Kruseman (1839 in Velp – 1922) a 19th-century Dutch feminist, actress and author
  • Louis Couperus (1863 – 1923 in De Steeg) a Dutch novelist and poet
  • Baroness Ella van Heemstra (1900 in Velp – 1984) a Dutch-British aristocrat and the mother of Audrey Hepburn[6]
  • Simon Carmiggelt (1913–1987) author, who had a home in De Steeg
  • Teun Jacob (1927 in Rheden - 2009) a Dutch wall painter and sculptor
  • Jan Siebelink (born 1938 in Velp) a Dutch author
  • Paula van der Oest (born 1965 in Laag-Soeren) a Dutch film director and screenwriter[7]
  • Anouk van Dijk (born 1965 in Velp) a Dutch choreographer, dancer, artistic director and teacher
  • Maarten Demmink (born 1967 in Goudriaan), known as Demiak, a Dutch painter, photographer and sculptor
  • Jorrit van der Kooi (born 1972 in Rheden) a Dutch film and TV director and presenter[8]

Sport

Miscellaneous

  • The Gazelle bicycle factory is situated in Dieren.

References

  1. "College burgemeester en wethouders" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Rheden. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. "Postcodetool for 6994AB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 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. Statistics on Rheden.nl Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. IMDb Database retrieved 10 October 2019
  7. IMDb Database retrieved 11 October 2019
  8. IMDb Database retrieved 11 October 2019


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