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Municipality
Church in Druten
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Gelderland
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government
• Body	Municipal council
Area
• Total	42.46 km2 (16.39 sq mi)
• Land	37.71 km2 (14.56 sq mi)
• Water	4.75 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population  (May 2014)
• Total	18,221
• Density	483/km2 (1,250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6630–6631, 6650–6655
Area code	0487

Druten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdrytə(n)]) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality covers the eastern part of the Land van Maas en Waal [nl] region of the province of Gelderland.

One of its key features is the town's church, designed by architect Pierre Cuypers. The church is dedicated to the Two Ewalds, with statues for the two made in the studio Atelier Cuypers-Stoltzenberg [nl], owned by Cuypers and Frans Stoltzenberg.

Population centres

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Druten, June 2015

Notable residents

• Reginald Wolfe (died 1573) a Dutch-born English Protestant printer, an original member of the Royal Stationers' Company
• Josef van Schaik (1882–1962) & Steef van Schaik (1888–1968) Dutch politician and brothers
• Ru Paré (1896-1972), a Dutch resistance member, and visual artist
• Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928–2016), the twenty-ninth Superior General of the Society of Jesus
• Pieter Roelofs (1972), art historian
• Jasmijn Lau (1999-) Dutch athlete, long distance runner

Gallery

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  Druten Kattenburg 39

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  Avondrood in Maas & Waal

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  Druten Beeld Leste Mert

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  Druten in Het Land van Maas en Waal

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  Op de grens- Afferden

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  Rijksmonument Heemtuin Kiosk