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Epen
Sign in to saveEpen (; ) is a village in the southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem, and lies about 15 km southwest of Kerkrade. Epen is known for its timber framed houses and is part of the sightseeing tour the Mergellandroute.
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Place details
- Locality
- Epen
- Region
- Limburg
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 725
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Epen
- Settlement.native_name
- Ieëpe
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- li
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Epen-Wingbermolen-1.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Wingber mill, Epen
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 130
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.42
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,025
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Wittem
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Epen-Wingbermolen-1.JPG
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- Epen
- postal code
- 6285
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Epen (; ) is a village in the southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem, and lies about 15 km southwest of Kerkrade. Epen is known for its timber framed houses and is part of the sightseeing tour the Mergellandroute.
The village was first mentioned in 1041 as "in villis ... Apine", and probably means "settlement near a river". Epen developed in the Early Middle Ages.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Epen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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