Meteren is a village in the
Dutch
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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
West Betuwe
West Betuwe is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
West Betuwe had 51.948 inhabitants on 1 January 2022.
The municipality was formed on January 1, 2019, by the merger of the municipalities Geldermalsen, Neerijnen, Lingewaal.
To ...
, and lies about 10 km west 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- ...
.
History
It was first mentioned in 1133 as Methre. The etymology is unclear.
The village developed in to a round ''
esdorp
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An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture or grassy place ...
''. The tower of the Dutch Reformed Church dates from the 15th century and possibly has 14th century elements. The church itself is medieval, but was considerably altered in 1837 and around 1875.
In 1840, it was home to 529 people.
Gallery
File:Meteren GM Rijksstraatweg 69 (2).jpg, House in Meteren
File:Meteren zicht op de Wilhelminastraat..jpg, Street view
File:Meteren Rijksstraatweg 80.jpg, Restaurant in Meteren
File:Huis Meteren kort voor de sloop.jpg, Huis Meteren before demolition (1907)
References
Populated places in Gelderland
West Betuwe
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