Kapel-Avezaath is a village in the

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province of

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

. It is a part of the municipality of

Tiel Tiel () is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the East. Tiel comprises the population centres Kapel- ...

, and lies about 3 km west of Tiel. A few houses in the municipality of

Buren Buren () is a town and municipality in the Betuwe region of the Netherlands. Buren has 27,168 inhabitants as of 1 January 2022. Geography Buren is located in Gelderland, a province of the Netherlands. It is part of the landscape of Betuwe, a ve ...

are also part of Kapel-Avezaath.

History

It was first mentioned in 1440 as "voor de capel van Aldenavesaet", and means before the chapel of Avezaath to distinguish from

Kerk-Avezaath Kerk-Avezaath is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Buren, and lies about 3 km west of Tiel. A small part of the village (not counted in the statistics above) is part of the municipality of Tie ...

. The village developed along the

Waal River The Waal (Dutch name, ) is the main distributary branch of the river Rhine flowing approximately through the Netherlands. It is the major waterway connecting the port of Rotterdam to Germany. Before it reaches Rotterdam, it joins with the Afg ...

. The church dates from the 14th century, and was modified in 1705. The church tower dates from 1783. In 1840, it was home to 447 people.

Gallery

File:N-H Agatha-kapel Kapel-Avezaath.jpg, Agatha chapel File:Kapel-Avezaath Boerderij Laageinde 41.jpg, Farm in Kapel-Avezaath File:4016 Kapel Avezaath Buren, Netherlands - panoramio.jpg, Fruit trees in bloom

References

Populated places in Gelderland Buren Tiel {{Gelderland-geo-stub