Druten

Druten
Druten
Municipality
	Church in Druten
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Gelderland
	Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°36′E / 51.883°N 5.600°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Sigrid Sengers (VVD)
Area
• Total	42.46 km2 (16.39 sq mi)
• Land	37.64 km2 (14.53 sq mi)
• Water	4.82 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	18,991
• Density	505/km2 (1,310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6630–6631, 6650–6655
Area code	0487
Website	www.druten.nl

Druten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdrytə(n)] ^ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality covers the eastern part of the Land van Maas en Waal [nl] region of the province of Gelderland.

One of its key features is the town's church, designed by architect Pierre Cuypers. The church is dedicated to the Two Ewalds, with statues for the two made in the studio Atelier Cuypers-Stoltzenberg [nl], owned by Cuypers and Frans Stoltzenberg.^[4]

Population centres[edit]

Topography[edit]

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Druten, June 2015

Notable residents[edit]

Reginald Wolfe (died 1573) a Dutch-born English Protestant printer, an original member of the Royal Stationers' Company
Josef van Schaik (1882–1962) & Steef van Schaik (1888–1968) Dutch politician and brothers
Ru Paré (1896-1972), a Dutch resistance member, and visual artist^[5]
Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928–2016), the twenty-ninth Superior General of the Society of Jesus
Pieter Roelofs (1972), art historian
Jasmijn Lau (1999-) Dutch athlete, long distance runner ^[6] ^[7]

Gallery[edit]

Druten Kattenburg 39
Avondrood in Maas & Waal
Druten Beeld Leste Mert
Druten in Het Land van Maas en Waal
Op de grens- Afferden
Rijksmonument Heemtuin Kiosk

References[edit]

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 6651DA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ Geloof in Nederland: 2000 jaar Nederlanders en hun kerstening (in Dutch). Vol. 12. Utrecht: Waanders/Museum Catharijneconvent. p. 377.
^ "Paré, Henrica Maria (1896-1972)". Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands (in Dutch). 17 September 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ World Athletics. "Jasmijn Lau | Profile | World Athletics". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ Omroep Gelderland. "Jasmijn Lau verovert Europese titel op 10.000 meter". Omroep GLD. Omroep Gelderland.