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Brummen
Municipality
Square in Brummen
Square in Brummen
Flag of Brummen
Flag
 Coat of arms of Brummen
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Brummen in a municipal map of Gelderland
Location in Gelderland
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Government
 • Body Municipal council
Area
 • Total 85.01 km2 (32.82 sq mi)
 • Land 83.97 km2 (32.42 sq mi)
 • Water 1.04 km2 (0.40 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (May 2014)
 • Total 21,077
 • Density 251/km2 (650/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Brummenaar
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
6960–6975, 7399
Area code 0575
Gem-Brummen-OpenTopo
Dutch Topographic map of Brummen, June 2015

Brummen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbrʏmə(n)]) is a municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands.

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 farther 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

  • Brummen
  • Eerbeek (the largest village in the municipality)
  • Empe (which has a small railway station on the line Apeldoorn-Zutphen)
  • Hall - with an interesting chapel dating from the Middle Ages
  • Leuvenheim
  • Oeken
  • Tonden
  • Voorstonden

Gallery

  • Brummen, toren van de Oude of Sint-Pancratiuskerk RM11232 IMG 3828 2020-03-31 11.31

    Brummen, churchtower (Oude or Sint-Pancratiuskerk)

  • Hall, de Sint Ludgerkerk RM11251 IMG 3846 2020-03-31 12.10

    Hall, church: Sint Ludgerkerk

  • Eerbeek, straatzicht Stuijvenburchstraat foto1 2014-03-10 13.31

    Eerbeek, view to the street: de Stuijvenburchstraat

  • Voorstonden, Huis Voorstonden foto6 2015-04-05 13.42

    Voorstonden, country house: Huis Voorstonden

Transportation

  • Brummen railway station is served by 2 trains per hour serving places such as Zutphen, Dieren, Arnhem and Nijmegen.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands

Twin towns — sister cities

Brummen is twinned with:

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

  • DSCF5011 Arnhemsestraat 26, Brummen

    Arnhemsestraat, Brummen

  • Apeldoorns kanaal ter hoogte van de Brummense brug - Brummen - 20359841 - RCE

    Apeldoorns kanaal ter hoogte van de Brummense brug - Brummen

  • Wonderfull cottage near Hall - panoramio

    Cottage near Hall

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