Wijchen () is a

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and a town in the province of

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, in the eastern part of the

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Population centres

Number of residents per population centre per 12 December 2009: 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

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. 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

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form in the years 1609–1629. It is surrounded by a

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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.Stenvert, R. et al. (2000), ''Monumenten in Nederland: Gelderland'', p. 332–333. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. .

Notable residents

Ine Lamers Ardina Gerarda Maria "Ine" Lamers (born 15 May 1954) is a Dutch photographer and video installation artist,Saskia Asser (2007), ''A critical history of photography in the Netherlands.'' p. 13. who is specialized in ilfochrome photography and chrom ...

(born 1954) photographer and video installation artist *

Ronald van der Kemp Ronald van der Kemp (born 24 September 1964 in Wijchen, Netherlands) is a Dutch fashion designer and founder of demi-couture fashion house RVDK Ronald van der Kemp, his namesake label. Early career Van der Kemp graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld ...

(born 1964) fashion designer * Arjen Thonen (born 1992), DJ and music producer better known as SWACQ small>NL/sup>

Sport

Fred Rutten Fredericus Jacobus Rutten (; born 5 December 1962) is a Dutch football coach and former player. As a player, he spent his entire career with Twente during the years 1979 to 1992. Following his playing career, Rutten also managed Twente, before m ...

(born 1962) a football coach and a former footballer with 317 caps *

Ralf Elshof Rafael Robert Christopher "Ralf" Elshof (born 5 July 1962) is a Dutch cyclist. He competed in the men's team pursuit event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in tenth place. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of al ...

(born 1962) cyclist, competed at the

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Roy Makaay Rudolphus Antonius "Roy" Makaay (born 9 March 1975) is a Dutch former footballer and a coach who is currently first team coach at Rangers. As a striker, he was known for his goal-scoring ability as a result of his "aerial prowess and quick driv ...

(born 1975) ) football manager and former footballer with 526 caps *

Claudia van Thiel Claudia Elisabeth Maria van Thiel (born December 22, 1977, in Wijchen, Gelderland) is a retired female volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in fifth ...

(born 1977), volleyball player, competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Lieke Klaus Lieke Klaus (born October 28, 1989 in Wijchen, Gelderland) is a Dutch BMX racer. Municipalities of Gelderland Populated places in Gelderland