Rheden

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Rheden

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mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Gelderland
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 84.39
area_land_km2 = 81.79
area_water_km2 = 2.60
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 43851
population_density_km2 = 536
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

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Population centres

*Velp (2003 population: 17,615)
*Dieren (15,283)
*Rheden (7.912)
*De Steeg (1,288)
*Ellecom (1,105)
*Spankeren (1,058)
*Laag Soeren (806)

Famous people

*Cyclist Erik Breukink was born in Rheden in 1964.
*Hans van den Broek, later Minister of Foreign Affairs, was a member of the municipal council from 1970 to 1974
*Author Louis Couperus lived in Rheden when he died in 1923.
*Author Simon Carmiggelt had a home in De Steeg

Miscellaneous

* "Hof te Dieren" was the house of the Dutch Stadtholder Frederik Hendrik of Orange, William II, Prince of Orange, William III of Orange and William IV of Orange. They enlarged the house and held hunting parties in the nearby woods. A road was created from Dieren to Den Haag, which is called the "Koningsweg". The road can still be found in many places in the Netherlands, such as Otterlo. The house was shot to pieces by the Canadian liberators, who had the wrong information that German SS soldiers were located in the house. The were in fact located in the house "Avegoor", a few kilometers to the south-west.

* [http://www.gazelle.nl/c2006/history.php The Gazelle bicycle factory] is situated in Dieren.

External links

* [http://www.rheden.nl Official Website]