Druten

Druten
Druten
	Municipality
	Church in Druten
	Flag
	Location in Gelderland
	Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°36′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Corry van Rhee-Oud Ammerveld (acting) (PvdA)
Area [1]
• Total	42.46 km2 (16.39 sq mi)
• Land	37.71 km2 (14.56 sq mi)
• Water	4.75 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	7 m (23 ft)
Population (January 2019)[3]
• Total	18,797
• Density	498/km2 (1,290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6630–6631, 6650–6655
Area code	0487
Website	www.druten.nl

Druten (pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality covers the eastern part of the Land van Maas en Waal region of the province of Gelderland.

One of its key features is the town's church, designed by architect Pierre Cuypers. The church is dedicated to the Two Ewalds, with statues for the two made in the studio Atelier Cuypers-Stoltzenberg, owned by Cuypers and Frans Stoltzenberg.[4]

Population centres

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Druten, June 2015

Notable residents

Reginald Wolfe (died 1573) a Dutch-born English Protestant printer, an original member of the Royal Stationers' Company
Josef van Schaik (1882–1962) & Steef van Schaik (1888–1968) Dutch politician and brothers
Ru Paré (1896-1972), a Dutch resistance member, and visual artist[5]
Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928–2016) the twenty-ninth Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Gallery

Druten Kattenburg 39
Avondrood in Maas & Waal
Druten Beeld Leste Mert
Druten in Het Land van Maas en Waal
Op de grens- Afferden

References

"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Postcodetool for 6651DA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
Geloof in Nederland: 2000 jaar Nederlanders en hun kerstening (in Dutch). 12. Utrecht: Waanders/Museum Catharijneconvent. p. 377.
"Paré, Henrica Maria (1896-1972)". Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 July 2020.

External links

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Official website

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

[AHN-2] "Postcodetool for 6651DA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

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

[4] Geloof in Nederland: 2000 jaar Nederlanders en hun kerstening (in Dutch). 12. Utrecht: Waanders/Museum Catharijneconvent. p. 377.

[5] "Paré, Henrica Maria (1896-1972)". Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 July 2020.