Velp, Gelderland
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 360° Panorama, Main Street, Velp, The Netherlands. | |
  Velp Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands  Velp Velp (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 51°59′41″N 5°58′33″E / 51.99472°N 5.97583°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Municipality | Rheden |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.02 km2 (4.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 18,100 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6881-6883[1] |
| Dialing code | 026 |
| Major roads | A12 |
Velp is a Dutch village located east of Arnhem within the municipality of Rheden, between Arnhem, Rozendaal, and the town of Rheden.
Velp was a separate municipality from 1812 to 1818, when it was merged with Rheden. The municipality also included the village of Rozendaal.[3]
Gallery
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Church: Onze Lieve Vrouw Visitatiekerk -
New Church, built 1841 -
Palace "het Biljoen" -
Monumental office building on the Hoofdstraat -
Street view (de Hoofdstraat) -
River IJssel near Velp -
Veluwe near Velp, tree in the field at the Driesprong
Notable residents
[edit]- Jan Goossens, former American indoor soccer player.
- Ho-Pin Tung, auto-racing driver
- René Klaassen, former field hockey defender
- Mina Kruseman, 19th-century feminist and author
- Ella van Heemstra, aristocrat and mother of Audrey Hepburn[4]
- Audrey Hepburn, 20th-century actress and humanitarian[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 6881AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
- ^ "'Those Are Things You Don't Forget.' How a Young Audrey Hepburn Helped the Dutch Resistance During World War II". 3 May 2019.
- ^ "'Those Are Things You Don't Forget.' How a Young Audrey Hepburn Helped the Dutch Resistance During World War II". 3 May 2019.
External links
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