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Oost Gelre
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Monumental post office in Groenlo
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Location in Gelderland
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Gelderland | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 110.12 km2 (42.52 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 109.67 km2 (42.34 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 0.45 km2 (0.17 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) | ||
| Population
(May 2014)
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| • Total | 29,657 | ||
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
| Postcode |
7130–7141, 7263
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| Area code | 0544 | ||
Oost Gelre is a municipality in the Achterhoek, in the eastern Netherlands. On 1 January 2005, the municipalities Groenlo and Lichtenvoorde merged and formed the new municipality Oost Gelre, which was called Groenlo until 19 May 2006.
Population centres
- Eefsele
- Groenlo
- Harreveld
- Lichtenvoorde
- Lievelde
- Mariënvelde
- Vragender
- Zieuwent
- Zwolle (Gelderland)
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Oost Gelre, June 2015
Notable people
Arts
- Marco Blaauw (born 1965 in Lichtenvoorde), trumpeter
- Peter Beets (grew up in Groenlo), jazz pianist
- Esther Rots (born 1972 in Groenlo), film director
- Menno Veldhuis (born 1974 in Groenlo), artist
- Thomas Puskailer (born 1981 in Lichtenvoorde), Dutch-born Slovak singer and songwriter
- Suzan Stortelder (born 1992 in Ziewent), singer and one half of Suzan & Freek
- Freek Rikkerink (born 1993 in Harreveld), singer and one half of Suzan & Freek
Sport
- Hans Smees (born 1970 in Harreveld), retired motorcycle racer
- Sander Boschker (born 1970 in Lichtenvoorde), retired goalkeeper with 555 club caps
- Tristan Hoffman (born 1970 in Groenlo), retired road racing cyclist
- Dave Bus (born 1978 in Lichtenvoorde), football defender
- Joost Wichman (born 1978 in Lichtenvoorde), mountainbiker and former world champion
- Loes Gunnewijk (born 1980 in Groenlo), former professional Dutch racing cyclist, competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Anneke Beerten (born 1982 in Mariënvelde), mountain cyclist
- Hidde Jurjus (born 1994 in Lichtenvoorde), footballer
Theology
- Herman Herbers (born 1540 or 1544 in Groenlo), theologian and pastor
Gallery
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Groenlo, marketplace
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Lichtenvoorde
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Zieuwent, church
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Groenlo
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Windmill in Harreveld
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