Editing Bathmen

{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Bathmen
| settlement_type         = [[Village]]
| image_skyline           = Tussen Bathmen en Harfsen, de Dorther Beek 2012-09-09 10.56.jpg
| image_caption           = Landscape between Bathmen and {{Interlanguage link multi|Harfsen|nl}}
| image_shield            = Bathmen wapen.svg
| image_flag              = Bathmen vlag.svg
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands Overijssel#Netherlands
| pushpin_label_position  = right
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Netherlands
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Overijssel}}
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Deventer]]
| leader_title            =
| leader_name             =
| leader_party            =
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7437AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 18 March 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 10
| elevation_min_m         =
| elevation_max_m         =
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2          = 31.99
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=18 March 2022 }}</ref>
| population_total        = 5,815
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_demonym      =
| population_note         =
| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 7437<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0570
| website                 = [http://www.bathmen.net postcards of Bathmen]
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|15|0|N|6|17|13|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Bathmen''' is a [[village]] and former [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the east of the [[Netherlands]]. The municipality was merged with her larger neighbour of [[Deventer]] on 1 January 2005 as part of a national effort to reduce [[bureaucracy]] in the country. Its main population centres were Apenhuizen, Bathmen, Dortherhoek, Loo, Pieriksmars and Zuidloo.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/bathmen |title=Bathmen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=18 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

It was first mentioned in 1284 as Batmen. The etymology is unclear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/bathmen |title=Bathmen - (geografische naam)|website=Etymologiebank |access-date=18 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> In 1840, it was home to 1,507 people. In 1997, Deventer tried to annex Bathmen, but failed.<ref name="plaats"/>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Kerktoren Bathmen -01.jpg|Church in Bathmen
File:Rollende paarden Esther de Jong Bathmen.jpg|Rolling horses statue by Esther de Jong
File:Bathmen-baarhorsterdijk-2106120002.jpg|House in Bathmen
File:Villa Macamalo Koekendijk 2 Bathmen.jpg|Villa Macamalo
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.bathmen.nl }}

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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2005]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Overijssel]]
[[Category:Populated places in Overijssel]]
[[Category:Deventer]]


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