Hengelo is a town in the eastern part of The

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, province of

Gelderland Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...

(not to be confused with the much larger city of

Hengelo Hengelo (; Tweants dialect, Tweants: ) is a city in the eastern part of the Netherlands, in the Twente region, in the province of Overijssel. It is part of a larger urban area that also includes Enschede, Borne, Overijssel, Borne, Almelo and Ol ...

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). The predominantly rural area it is situated in is known as the

Achterhoek The Achterhoek (; ) is a cultural region and COROP area in the Eastern Netherlands. Its name (meaning "rear-corner") is geographically appropriate because the area lies in the easternmost part of the province of Gelderland and therefore in the e ...

. Hengelo (Gelderland) is famous for various horse-related activities (markets, horse-jumping, etc.). Once a year a motorbike race takes place just outside the town on a streetcircuit. It used to be a separate municipality and is now part of the municipality of

Bronckhorst Bronckhorst () is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. The municipality is the result of a merger of the former municipalities Hengelo, Gelderland, Hengelo, Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Vorden and Zelhem, on 1 January 2005. The munici ...

Gallery

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Population centres

Prior to 2005, Hengelo (Gld) was a municipality with approx. 8500 residents, living in the following villages: * Hengelo: 4'700 residents * Keijenborg: 1'200 * Noordink: 580 * Dunsborg: 500 * Bekveld en Gooi: 420 * Varssel: 390 * Veldhoek: 110 This information relates to CBS statistical information in 2002.

Born in Hengelo (Gld.)

* Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink (1 June 1950), Dutch politician (

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), former mayor of the city

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and member of the

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. * René Notten (20 November 1949 - 22 August 1995), former soccer player who played at Pax,

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and

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. Raised in Hengelo * Hendrik Jan Lovink singer and guitarist of the band Jovink en de Voederbietels

Bronckhorst

Hengelo (Gld) has merged with the following neighbouring municipalities: *

Zelhem Zelhem is a town in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Gelderland. It has approximately 11,000 inhabitants. Zelhem is located in the municipality of Bronckhorst, about 7 km northeast of Doetinchem. Zelhem was a separate municipality until 20 ...

* Steenderen *

Vorden Vorden is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, about 10 kilometres south-east of Zutphen. On 1 January 2005 the municipality merged with Hummelo en Keppel, Steenderen, Hengelo en Zelhem, t ...

Hummelo en Keppel Hummelo en Keppel is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. ...

Founded in Hengelo

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''Sportswear'' * The Grolschbusters ''Punk-Rock music band'' * Pax Hengelo ''Soccerclub'' This new municipality is referred to as

. It was formed in January 2005 as part of a large-scale administrative reorganisation in the Netherlands (gemeentelijke herindeling). The Dutch Wikipedia pages contain more information on this topic.

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{{Coord, 52, 03, N, 6, 18, E, region:NL-GE_type:city(8537)_source:dewiki, display=title Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2005 Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Bronckhorst