Editing Brummen

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Brummen
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Brummen marktplein 18 11234.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Square in Brummen
| image_flag              = Brummen vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Brummen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0213 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Brummen in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|5|N|6|9|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gelderland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.brummen.nl/bestuur-en-politiek/burgemeester-en-wethouders/
 |title        = Burgemeesters en wethouders
 |trans-title  = Mayor and aldermen
 |language     = nl
 |publisher    = Gemeente Brummen
 |access-date   = 19 June 2014
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140722181444/https://www.brummen.nl/bestuur-en-politiek/burgemeester-en-wethouders/#
 |archive-date = 2014-07-22
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Alex van Hedel]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Brummen}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Brummen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Brummen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 6971BV
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 19 June 2014}}</ref>
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Brummen}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Brummen}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Brummenaar
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 6960–6975, 7399
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0575
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.brummen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
[[File:Gem-Brummen-OpenTopo.jpg|265px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Brummen, June 2015'']]

'''Brummen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈbrʏmə(n)|-|Nl-Brummen.oga}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a village in the eastern [[Netherlands]].

Brummen has a  small railway station - [[Brummen railway station]] on the line between [[Zutphen]] and [[Arnhem]].  The village is situated about {{convert|7|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of Zutphen, no farther than 1.5&nbsp;km from the [[IJssel]] river. About two kilometers west of the village, on the edge of the [[Veluwe]] forest area,  lies the Engelenburg resort, a castle-like house. It is in use as a hotel for [[golf]] players and has a 9-hole golf-link.

==Population centres==
* Brummen
* [[Eerbeek]] (the largest village in the municipality)
* [[Empe]] (which has a small railway station on the line [[Apeldoorn]]-Zutphen)
* Hall - with an interesting chapel dating from the Middle Ages
* Leuvenheim
* Oeken
* Tonden
* Voorstonden

== Gallery  ==
<gallery>
File:Brummen, toren van de Oude of Sint-Pancratiuskerk RM11232 IMG 3828 2020-03-31 11.31.jpg|Brummen, churchtower (Oude or Sint-Pancratiuskerk)
File:Hall, de Sint Ludgerkerk RM11251 IMG 3846 2020-03-31 12.10.jpg|Hall, church: Sint Ludgerkerk
File:Eerbeek, straatzicht Stuijvenburchstraat foto1 2014-03-10 13.31.jpg|Eerbeek, view to the street: de Stuijvenburchstraat
File:Voorstonden, Huis Voorstonden foto6 2015-04-05 13.42.jpg|Voorstonden, country house: Huis Voorstonden
</gallery>

==Transportation==

*[[Brummen railway station]] is served by 2 trains per hour serving places such as [[Zutphen]], [[Dieren]], [[Arnhem]] and [[Nijmegen]].

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands}}
===Twin towns — sister cities===
Brummen is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
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* {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kōriyama]], [[Japan]]
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* {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Krotoszyn]], [[Poland]]
|}
== Notable people ==
* [[Jan Elias Nicolaas Schimmelpenninck van der Oye]] (1836 in Brummen – 1914) a Dutch politician
* [[Cornelis Johannes van Doorn]] (1837 in Hall – 1906) a Dutch civil engineer and foreign advisor to [[Meiji period]] Japan
* [[Jacob Emil van Hoogstraten]] (1898 in Eerbeek – 1991) a Dutch public servant in the [[Dutch East Indies]]
* [[Dick Dolman]] (1935 in Empe – 2019) a Dutch politician
=== Sport ===
* [[Geurt Schoonman]] (1896 in Brummen – 1971) a Dutch sports shooter, competed at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Wiljon Vaandrager]] (born 1957 in Brummen) a former rower, bronze medallist at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Stefan Groothuis]] (born 1981 in Empe) a retired Dutch speed skater, gold medallist at the [[2014 Winter Olympics]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:DSCF5011 Arnhemsestraat 26, Brummen.jpg|Arnhemsestraat, Brummen
File:Apeldoorns kanaal ter hoogte van de Brummense brug - Brummen - 20359841 - RCE.jpg|Apeldoorns kanaal ter hoogte van de Brummense brug - Brummen
File:Wonderfull cottage near Hall - panoramio.jpg|Cottage near Hall
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.brummen.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Brummen
 | North     = [[Voorst]]
 | East      = [[Zutphen]]<br>[[Bronckhorst]]
 | South     = [[Rheden]]
 | Southwest = [[Rozendaal]]
 | West      = [[Apeldoorn]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Brummen}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Brummen| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Gelderland]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]


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