| Geldermalsen | |||
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| Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°18′E / 51.883°N 5.3°E | |||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Gelderland | ||
| Area (2006) | |||
| - Total | 101.67 km2 (39.3 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 99.70 km2 (38.5 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 1.97 km2 (0.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January, 2007) | |||
| - Total | 26,241 | ||
| - Density | 263/km2 (681.2/sq mi) | ||
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Geldermalsen is a municipality and a town in the western Netherlands. The municipality Geldermalsen was formed on the 1st of January 1978 when former municipalities Beesd, Buurmalsen, Deil and Geldermalsen were joined. The new municipality with approximately 10.173 hectares (100 x 100 m2) one of the largest municipalities in the Western Betuwe. On the first of January 2008 the municipality had 26,295 inhabitants. They all live in one of the eleven villages that form Geldermalsen.
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Population centres
Acquoy, Beesd, Buurmalsen, Deil, Enspijk, Geldermalsen , Gellicum, Meteren, Rhenoy, Rumpt and Tricht.
Geograph
The river Linge flows through Geldermalsen.
Viscounty (Burggraafschap) of Geldermalsen
In the middleage there was a Lorship and after 1512 a Burggraafschap around the City of Geldermalsen.
Viscounts
- Jan van Arkel (1. Viscount)
- Hendrick de Graeff (Hendrick de Groeff, De Groeff van Erkelens) (?-1538), Count or Baron of Erkelenz [1]
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Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°18′E / 51.883°N 5.3°E
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