Gelderland

Also known as Guelderland, Guelders

Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a 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 Netherlands by land area, and second by total area. Gelderland shares borders with six other provinces (Flevoland, Limburg, North Brabant, Overijssel, South Holland and Utrecht) and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Gelderland is the largest province in the Netherlands by land area, located in the centre-east of the country and bordering six other Dutch provinces plus Germany. Its size and central location make it a significant region within the Netherlands' geography and regional organization.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Gelderland
Settlement.official_name: Province of Gelderland
Settlement.image_shield: Gelderland wapen.svg
Settlement.image_flag: Gelderland-Flag.svg
Settlement.settlement_type: Province
Settlement.image_map: Gelderland in the Netherlands.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Gelderland in the Netherlands
Settlement.image_map1: Prov-Gelderland-OpenTopo.jpg
Settlement.map_caption1: Topography map of Gelderland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.seat_type: Capital
Settlement.seat: Arnhem
Settlement.seat1_type: Largest city
Settlement.seat1: Nijmegen
Settlement.leader_title: King's Commissioner
Settlement.leader_name: Daniël Wigboldus
Settlement.leader_party: Independent

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Research organization · ROR

Type: Government
Location: Arnhem, The Netherlands
Also known as: Province of Gelderland
Status: Active

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Municipalities
Abolished municipalities
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The capital is Arnhem (pop. 159,265); however, Nijmegen (pop. 176,731) and Apeldoorn (pop. 162,445) are both larger municipalities. Other major regional centres in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Harderwijk, Tiel, Wageningen, Zevenaar, and Winterswijk. Gelderland had a population of about 2,134,000 as of January 2023. It contains the Netherlands's largest forest region (the Veluwe), the Rhine and other major rivers, and a significant amount of orchards in the south (Betuwe).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gelderland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.