Wijchen

Wijchen
Wijchen
City and Municipality
	Wijchen castle
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Gelderland
	Coordinates: 51°48′N 5°44′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Renske Helmer-Englebert (SP - Socialist Party)
Area
• Total	69.56 km2 (26.86 sq mi)
• Land	66.18 km2 (25.55 sq mi)
• Water	3.38 km2 (1.31 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	41,261
• Density	623/km2 (1,610/sq mi)
Demonym	Wijchenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6600–6606, 6613–6617, 6634
Area code	024, 0486, 0487
Website	www.wijchen.nl

Wijchen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋixə(n)] ) is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

Population centres

Number of residents per population centre per 12 December 2009:

Wijchen	32,904
Alverna	2,405
Balgoij	779
Batenburg	691
Bergharen	1,779
Hernen	820
Leur	130
Niftrik	570

Source: Statistics Netherlands

The population centre Woezik (3,820 residents on 1 January 2005) and the township Laak are statistically included in Wijchen.

Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods in Wijchen include:

Centre: Kloosterakker
Wijchen-Oost: Valendries, Oosterweg and Uilenboom.
Woezik: Veenhof and Saltshof.
Wijchen-Noord.
Achterlo: Homberg, Heilige Stoel and Kraaijenberg.
Wijchen-West: Blauwe Hof and Aalsburg.
Wijchen-Zuid: Abersland, Diepvoorde, Huissteden, Hoogmeer, De Ververt, De Geer, Elsland, De Weertjes, De Grippen, Zesakkers, Zevendreef, Sluiskamp, Oudelaan, and Kronenland.
Kerkeveld: De Gamert, De Meren, Diemenwei, De Flier, De Lingert.
Huurlingsedam.

Streets in most neighbourhoods are numbered instead of named. This is not common practice in the Netherlands, therefore the street numbers are included in the house numbering. E.g. someone living in Abersland, 11th street, house #05 will usually use Abersland 1105 in his address.

Wijchen Castle (town hall)

Parts of Wijchen Castle (Kasteel Wijchen in Dutch) date from the 14th century, but it took its current Mannerist form in the years 1609–1629. It is surrounded by a moat and used to serve as the town hall. Currently, the town hall is down the road, while the castle is only used for important meetings.

Notable residents

Ine Lamers (born 1954) photographer and video installation artist
Ronald van der Kemp (born 1964) fashion designer
Arjen Thonen (born 1992), DJ and music producer better known as SWACQ^[NL]

Sport

Fred Rutten (born 1962) a football coach and a former footballer with 317 caps
Ralf Elshof (born 1962) cyclist, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Roy Makaay (born 1975) ) football manager and former footballer with 526 caps
Claudia van Thiel (born 1977), volleyball player, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Lieke Klaus (born 1989) BMX racer
Joel Piroe (born 1999]] footballer, Leeds United