Almen

Almen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is in the municipality Lochem, about 7 km east of the city of Zutphen.

Weather now

cached 534h ago

23°overcast clouds

64% 9.0 m/s OpenWeatherMap

7-day forecast

via Open-Meteo

Place details

Locality: Almen
Region: Gelderland
Country: Nederland
Population: 710
Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name: Almen
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.native_name_lang: nl
Settlement.image_skyline: Almen, de Dorpsstraat met de Hervormde kerk RM16710 IMG 2008 2018-04-07 09.35.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Almen, church in the street
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gelderland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Lochem
Settlement.elevation_m: 11
Settlement.area_total_km2: 14.06
Settlement.population_total: 1,225
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official website: www.almen-info.nl
Image: Almen, kerk instraatzicht foto2 2010-07-20 10.25.JPG

Show 2 more facts

Commons category: Almen, Netherlands
P8168: Castéra-Vignoles

Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Article

2 sections

Contents

Gallery
References

Almen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is in the municipality Lochem, about 7 km east of the city of Zutphen.

It was first mentioned in 1188 as Almen, and means "settlement near elm trees". Castle Ehze was built around 1300. It was destroyed during the Dutch Revolt and rebuilt in 1647. In 1816, it was demolished and replaced by an estate in 1831. In 1840, it was home to 456 people.