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Zaltbommel

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Country
  
Netherlands

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
www.zaltbommel.nl

Area code
  
0418

Local time
  
Saturday 10:20 PM

Elevation
  
3 m (10 ft)

Postcode
  
5300–5311, 5315–5318

Area
  
89.04 km²

Province
  
Gelderland

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Weather
  
10°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 92% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Stadskasteel Zaltbommel, Lucas van blaaderen, Oudemannen‑ en vrouwenhuis

Zaltbommel ( [zɑltˈbɔməl]) is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands.

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Map of Zaltbommel, Netherlands

Zaltbommel was expanded to its current size on 1 January 1999, by a merger of the municipalities of Brakel, Kerkwijk and Zaltbommel. The municipality is situated in the heart of the Netherlands, close to the A2 Motorway, the railway line from Utrecht to 's‑Hertogenbosch and the rivers Waal and Maas.

Dutch Topographic map of Zaltbommel (municipality), Sept. 2014

Population centres

The municipality, consists of 13 population centres and had a population of 27,242 in 2014.

The city of Zaltbommel

The town of Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. Zaltbommel received city rights in 1231 and these were renewed in 1316.

Notable residents

  • Maarten van Rossum, (ca. 1490–1555), military commander
  • Lucas Vorsterman (1595–1675), engraver
  • Gerard Hoet, (1648–1743) painter
  • Hendrik Antonie Lodewijk Hamelberg (1826–1896), consul general and special envoy of the Orange Free State
  • Suzanne Leenhoff (1829–1906), who married Édouard Manet at Zaltbommel on 28 October 1863
  • Gerard Philips (1858–1942), industrialist, co-founder of Philips Electronics
  • Anton Philips (1874–1951), industrialist, co-founder of Philips Electronics
  • Fiep Westendorp (1916-2004), illustrator

    • References

    Zaltbommel Wikipedia
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