Editing Druten

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->| name               = Druten
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->| image_skyline      = Druten, kerk in straatzicht foto12 2010-08-01 12.19.JPG
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = Church in Druten
| image_flag         = Druten vlag.svg
| flag_size          = 100x67px
| flag_alt           = 
| image_shield       = Druten wapen.svg
| shield_size        = 100x80px
| shield_alt         = <!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map          = Map - NL - Municipality code 0225 (2009).svg
| map_alt            = Highlighted position of Druten in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption        = Location in Gelderland
| coordinates        = {{coord|51|53|N|5|36|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 = 
| governing_body     = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party       = VVD
| leader_title       = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Sigrid Sengers]]
<!-- Geographic information -->| unit_pref          = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->| area_total_km2     = {{Dutch municipality total area|Druten}}
| area_land_km2      = {{Dutch municipality land area|Druten}}
| area_water_km2     = {{Dutch municipality water area|Druten}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 6651DA
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 24 June 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 7
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m    = 
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m    = <!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total   = {{Dutch municipality population|Druten}}
| population_as_of   = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Druten}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym = <!-- Other information -->
| 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        = 6630–6631, 6650–6655
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code          = 0487
| website            = {{URL|1=http://www.druten.nl}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Druten''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈdrytə(n)|-|Nl-Druten.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the eastern [[Netherlands]]. The municipality covers the eastern part of the {{ill|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 {{ill|Atelier Cuypers-Stoltzenberg|nl}}, owned by Cuypers and Frans Stoltzenberg.<ref>{{cite book|title=Geloof in Nederland: 2000 jaar Nederlanders en hun kerstening|language=nl|page=377|publisher=Waanders/[[Museum Catharijneconvent]]|location=Utrecht|volume=12}}</ref>

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|
*[[Afferden, Gelderland|Afferden]]
*[[Deest]]
*Druten
*[[Horssen]]
*[[Molenhoek, Druten|Molenhoek]]
*[[Puiflijk]]
}}
===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Druten-OpenTopo.jpg|475px|]]

''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 [[Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers|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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Pare |title=Paré, Henrica Maria (1896-1972) |website=[[Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands]]|date=17 September 2019 |access-date=8 July 2020|language=nl}}</ref>
* [[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 <ref name="Jasmijn Lau Athlete Profile">{{cite web |last1=World Athletics |title=Jasmijn Lau {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/netherlands/jasmijn-lau-14625025 |website=World Athletics |access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="News article on Lau's 10.000m title">{{cite web |last1=Omroep Gelderland |title=Jasmijn Lau verovert Europese titel op 10.000 meter |url=https://www.gld.nl/nieuws/7269026/Jasmijn-Lau-verovert-Europese-titel-op-10-000-meter |website=Omroep GLD |publisher=Omroep Gelderland}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Druten Kattenburg 39.jpg|Druten Kattenburg 39
File:Avondrood in Maas & Waal -sundowner (25747137444).jpg|Avondrood in Maas & Waal
File:Druten Beeld Leste Mert.jpg|Druten Beeld Leste Mert
File:Druten in Het Land van Maas en Waal met Hatsji-Bratsji's rode toverballon (Franz Karl Ginzkey), ooit de inspiratie van Boudewijn de Groot en Lennaert Nijgh. (Foto- Peter J. Fontijn) (29009370572).jpg|Druten in Het Land van Maas en Waal
File:Op de grens- Afferden (4263134185).jpg|Op de grens- Afferden
File:Druten Rijksmonument 14152 Heemtuin kioskje bij Waalbandijk 180.JPG|Rijksmonument Heemtuin Kiosk
</gallery>

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

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Druten
 | North     = [[Neder-Betuwe]]<br>''[[Waal (river)|Waal]]''
 | East      = [[Beuningen]]
 | Southeast = [[Wijchen]]
 | South     = [[West Maas en Waal]]
 | West      = [[West Maas en Waal]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Druten}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

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


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