Editing Epe, Netherlands

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{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Epe
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Vaassen, de Cannenburch RM15361 positie2 foto2 2013-08-01 14.55.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Cannenburgh Castle
| image_flag              = Flag of Epe.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Epe.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0232 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Epe in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|21|N|5|59|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         = http://www.epe.nl/internet/college_232/
 |title       = College
 |trans-title=Board
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Epe
 |access-date  = 30 June 2014
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140709075942/http://www.epe.nl/internet/college_232/
 |archive-date = 9 July 2014
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Hans van der Hoeve]]
<!-- 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|Epe}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Epe}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Epe}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 8161CL
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 30 June 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 13
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Epe}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Epe}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Epenaar, Eper
<!-- 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             = 8160–8172
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0578
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.epe.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Epe''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈeːpə|-|Nl-Epe.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a [[town]] in the eastern [[Netherlands]].

The municipality has a population of 32,191 Epenezen (2015, source: CBS), and the town itself has a population of 15,552. The town hall stands in Epe, which is situated about {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Apeldoorn]] and {{convert|21|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Zwolle]].

Another important town within the municipality is [[Vaassen]] (12,739 inhabitants), halfway between Epe and Apeldoorn. It has an interesting castle called '[[Cannenburgh Castle|Kasteel De Cannenburgh]]', which is open to visitors (guided tour compulsory). Epe, Vaassen and also the village of Oene each have a medieval church. Other population centres of interest are [[Emst]], Gortel, Tongeren, [[Wissel]] and [[Zuuk]].

==International relations==
[[File:Gem-Epe-OpenTopo.jpg|250px|thumb|Dutch Topographic map of Epe, June 2015]]
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands}}
===Twin towns — sister cities===
Epe is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
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* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]
* {{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Rajecké Teplice]], [[Slovakia]]
|}

== Notable people ==
* [[Antonie Pannekoek]] (1873 in Vaassen – 1960) a Dutch astronomer, Marxist theorist and social revolutionary
* [[Henry G. Schermers]] (1928 in Epe – 2006) lawyer and academic
* [[Menno-Jan Kraak]] (born 1958 in Vaassen) a Dutch cartographer and academic
* [[Esther Hart (singer)|Esther Hart]] (born 1970 in Epe) singer
=== Sport ===
* [[Marc Overmars]] (born 1973 in [[Emst]]) football player with 399 club caps
* [[John Stegeman]] (born 1976 in Epe) former footballer and former manager of [[Heracles Almelo]]
* [[Teun Mulder]] (born 1981 in [[Zuuk]]) track cyclist, bronze medallist at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]

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

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Epe, Gelderland}}
*[http://www.epe.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Epe
 | North     = [[Oldebroek]], [[Heerde]]
 | East      = [[Olst-Wijhe]] ([[Overijssel|OV]])
 | Southeast = [[Voorst]]
 | South     = [[Apeldoorn]]
 | West      = [[Nunspeet]]
 | Northwest = [[Elburg]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Epe}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

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


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