Epe () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

and a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

in the eastern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. The municipality has a population of 32,191 (2015, source: CBS), and the town itself has a population of 15,552. The town hall stands in Epe, which is situated about north of Apeldoorn and south of

Zwolle Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is on ...

. Another important town within the municipality is

Vaassen Vaassen (; Low German: ''Vaossen'') is one of four villages in the Dutch municipality of Epe. Vaassen is situated between Apeldoorn and Zwolle, on the eastern edge of the Veluwe in the province of Gelderland. Vaassen was an independent munic ...

(12,739 inhabitants), halfway between Epe and Apeldoorn. It has an interesting castle called ' Kasteel De Cannenburgh', which is open to visitors (guided tour compulsory). Epe, Vaassen and also the village of Oene each have a medieval church. Other population centres of interest are

Emst Emst is a village in the municipality of Epe in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It is the birthplace of former footballer Marc Overmars. Emst is located in the forest area of Veluwe The Veluwe () is a forest-rich ridge of hi ...

, Gortel, Tongeren,

Wissel Wissel is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Epe, about 2 km west of the town of Epe.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. It was first mentioned in 1 ...

and Zuuk.

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Epe is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with:

Notable people

* Antonie Pannekoek (1873 in Vaassen – 1960) a Dutch astronomer, Marxist theorist and social revolutionary *

Henry G. Schermers Henricus Gerhard "Hein" Schermers (27 September 1928, Vaassen – 31 August 2006, Leiden) was a Dutch legal scholar who worked in public international law, mainly in the fields of the law of international organizations, the law of the Eu ...

(1928 in Epe – 2006) lawyer and academic *

Menno-Jan Kraak Menno-Jan Kraak (born 28 March 1958, Vaassen) is a Dutch cartographer and professor of Geovisual Analytics and Cartography at the Faculty of Geoinformation Sciences and Earth Observation at the University of Twente. He is known for his work in ca ...

(born 1958 in Vaassen) a Dutch cartographer and academic * Esther Hart (born 1970 in Epe) singer

Sport

* Marc Overmars (born 1973 in

) football player with 399 club caps *

John Stegeman John Stegeman (born 27 August 1976) is a Dutch professional football manager and former footballer. Playing career During his footballing career, Stegeman played as a centre-forward in the Dutch Eerste Divisie, except for his debut season with ...

(born 1976 in Epe) former footballer and former manager of Heracles Almelo * Teun Mulder (born 1981 in Zuuk) track cyclist, bronze medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

External links

*
Official website
Municipalities of Gelderland Populated places in Gelderland {{Gelderland-geo-stub