Brummen
Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands
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Brummen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbrʏmə(n)] ⓘ) is a municipality and a village in eastern Netherlands.
Brummen | |
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Square in Brummen | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Gelderland | |
| Coordinates: 52°5′N 6°9′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Alex van Hedel (VVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 85.01 km2 (32.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 83.65 km2 (32.30 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 20,884 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Brummenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6960–6975, 7399 |
| Area code | 0575 |
| Website | www |
Brummen has a small railway station - Brummen railway station on the line between Zutphen and Arnhem. The village is situated about 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Zutphen, no further than 1.5 km from the IJssel river. About two kilometers west of the village, on the edge of the Veluwe forest area, lies the Engelenburg resort, a castle-like house. It is in use as a hotel for golf players and has a 9-hole golf-link.
Population centres
Gallery
Brummen, churchtower (Oude or Sint-Pancratiuskerk)
Hall, church: Sint Ludgerkerk
Eerbeek, view to the street: de Stuijvenburchstraat
Voorstonden, country house: Huis Voorstonden
Transportation
- Brummen railway station is served by two trains per hour, serving places such as Zutphen, Dieren, Arnhem and Nijmegen.
International relations
Notable people
- Jan Elias Nicolaas Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1836 in Brummen – 1914) a Dutch politician
- Cornelis Johannes van Doorn (1837 in Hall – 1906) a Dutch civil engineer and foreign advisor to Meiji period Japan
- Jacob Emil van Hoogstraten (1898 in Eerbeek – 1991) a Dutch public servant in the Dutch East Indies
- Dick Dolman (1935 in Empe – 2019) a Dutch politician
Sport
- Geurt Schoonman (1896 in Brummen – 1971) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Wiljon Vaandrager (born 1957 in Brummen) a former rower, bronze medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Stefan Groothuis (born 1981 in Empe) a retired Dutch speed skater, gold medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Gallery
Arnhemsestraat, Brummen
Apeldoorns kanaal ter hoogte van de Brummense brug - Brummen
Cottage near Hall
