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Druten

Church in Druten

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Location in 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
Notable residents
Gallery
See also

Population centres

Afferden
Deest
Druten
Horssen
Molenhoek
Puiflijk

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