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Amerongen
Sign in to saveAmerongen () is a town in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, on the border of the Utrecht Hill Ridge. It lies about 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Veenendaal (10.5 km or 6.5 mi by road).
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Place details
- Locality
- Amerongen
- Region
- Utrecht
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 5,085
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
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- Amerongen
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- Amerongen Castle
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- Location in the Netherlands
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- Netherlands
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- Utrecht
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- Municipality
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- Utrechtse Heuvelrug
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Amerongen () is a town in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, on the border of the Utrecht Hill Ridge. It lies about 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Veenendaal (10.5 km or 6.5 mi by road).
The landscape rises from the flat water meadows of the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine) to the Utrecht Hill Ridge ("Utrechtse Heuvelrug"). The highest point in the western Netherlands is located 2 km east of the village. The Amerongense Berg (Amerongen Mountain) has a height of 69 metres above sea level.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amerongen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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