Wamel (Netherlands)

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Wamel
Flag of the place Wamel
flag 		Wamel coat of arms
coat of arms
province Gelderland Gelderland
local community Flag of the municipality of West Maas en Waal West Maas en Waal
Area
 - land
 - water 		13.66  km 2
12.67 km 2
0.99 km 2
Residents 2,445 (Jan. 1, 2018)
Coordinates 51 ° 53 '  N , 5 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 53 '  N , 5 ° 28'  E
Important traffic route N322
prefix 0487
Postcodes 6659
Website www.wamel.net
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Historic cemetery
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Wamel is a place in the Dutch province of Gelderland . It is part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal and is located about three kilometers east of Tiel on the left bank of the Waal . A ferry service connects the two villages of Tiel and Wamel. The places have also been connected by a self-supporting concrete bridge structure since 1973, the first of its kind in the Netherlands.

Wamel was an independent community until it was merged with Appeltern and Dreumel in 1984 . The new community was initially called Wamel ; however, the name was changed to West Maas en Waal in 1985 .

In 2001 the city of Wamel had 1825 inhabitants. The built-up area of ​​the city was 0.64 km² and included 699 apartments. The administrative area of Wamel , which also includes the outskirts of the village and the surrounding landscape, had around 2,445 inhabitants in 2018.

history

The first known mention of Wamel in the spelling Vamele (ford) comes from the year 893 AD. Around 1445 a clerical monastery was founded in Wamel.

Personalities

  • Lando van den Berg (1913–1969), clergyman and artist
  • Koos Pompen (1930–2018), politician ( CDA )
  • Thijs van Beem (* 1953), politician ( PvdA )
  • Ivo Den Bieman (* 1967), football player
  • Bram Vermeulen (* 1974), journalist
  • Iris van Herpen (* 1984), fashion designer

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , March 29, 2019, accessed April 1, 2019 (Dutch)
  2. ^ Ad van der Meer, Onno Boonstra: Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten 1812-2006 . In: DANS Data Guide . tape 2 . The Hague 2006, ISBN 90-6984-495-8 , pp. 191, 194 .
  3. ↑ 2001 bevolkingskernen in Nederland. In: cbs.nl. Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, March 19, 2006, accessed April 1, 2019 (Dutch).

Web links

Commons : Wamel  - collection of images, videos and audio files