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Duiven
Sign in to saveDuiven () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Duiven's name can be translated into English to mean "pigeons" or "doves". Although the coat of arms and logo of the municipality feature pigeons, the name is etymologically related to "dunes" (Dutch: duinen). The flag of the municipality of Duiven was granted and adopted on 25 June 1954.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Duiven
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Duiven panorama.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Duiven town centre
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Duiven.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100x67px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Duiven.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Map - NL - Municipality code 0226 (2009).svg
- Settlement.map_alt
- Highlighted position of Duiven in a municipal map of Gelderland
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Gelderland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gelderland
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipal council
- Settlement.leader_party
- (VVD)
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Has part
- Loo
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Gelderland
- Capital
- Duiven
- Population
- 25066
- Area
- 35.15
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Westervoort
- Official website
- www.duiven.nl
- Image
- Duiven panorama.JPG
- Households
- 10178
- Dialing code
- 0316
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- contains settlement
- Loo
- twinned administrative body
- Calafat
- postal code
- 6920–6924
- Commons category
- Duiven
- topic's main category
- Category:Duiven
- native label
- Duiven
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +31316279111
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Population centres
- Topography
- Transportation
- Notable people
- Twin towns
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Duiven () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Duiven's name can be translated into English to mean "pigeons" or "doves". Although the coat of arms and logo of the municipality feature pigeons, the name is etymologically related to "dunes" (Dutch: duinen). The flag of the municipality of Duiven was granted and adopted on 25 June 1954.
== Population centres == Villages: Duiven Groessen Loo
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Duiven” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (11)
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3 mapped locations