Editing Maasdriel

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Maasdriel
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Netherlands, Maasdriel, Alem (1).JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Church in [[Alem]]
| image_flag              = Flag of Maasdriel.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Maasdriel.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0263 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Maasdriel in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|46|N|5|20|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.maasdriel.nl/Bestuur%20en%20Organisatie/College/Leden/Burgemeester%20drs.%20G.E.W.%20Prick
 |title = Burgemeester drs. G.E.W. Prick
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Maasdriel
 |access-date = 9 July 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Reformed Political Party|SGP]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Henny van Kooten]]
<!-- 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|Maasdriel}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Maasdriel}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Maasdriel}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 5331CB 
 |language=nl 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=9 July 2014 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |archive-date=21 September 2013 
}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 4
| 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|Maasdriel}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Maasdriel}} <!-- 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             = 5320–5335, 6624
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0418, 0487, 073
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.maasdriel.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Maasdriel''' ({{IPA|nl|maːzˈdril|-|094 Maasdriel.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the province of [[Gelderland]], in the eastern [[Netherlands]].

Maasdriel was formed on 1 January, 1999 by the merger of the former municipalities of Ammerzoden (including Well, Wellseind en Wordragen), Hedel, Heerewaarden, Maasdriel (Alem, Hoenzadriel, Kerkdriel and Velddriel) and Rossum (including Hurwenen). The former municipality of Maasdriel was called "Driel" before 1944.<ref>Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. {{cite web|url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |access-date=2009-12-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archive-date=2007-02-20 }}</ref>

==Populated places==
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* [[Alem]]
* [[Ammerzoden]]
* [[Californië, Gelderland|Californië]]
* [[Hedel]]
* [[Heerewaarden]]
* [[Hoenzadriel]]
* [[Hurwenen]]
* [[Kerkdriel]]
* [[Rossum, Gelderland|Rossum]]
* [[Velddriel]]
* [[Well, Gelderland|Well]]
* Wellseind
* [[Wordragen]]
}}
===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Maasdriel-OpenTopo.jpg|475px|]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Maasdriel, June 2015''
[[File:Joannes Zwijsen.jpg|140px|thumb|Joannes Zwijsen]]
== Notable people ==
* [[Johannes Zwijsen]] (1794 in Kerkdriel – 1877) [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht|Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht]]
* [[Jacobus Groenendaal]] (1805 in Heerewaarden – 1860) a South African statesman
* [[Johannes Hubertus Leonardus de Haas]] (1832 in Hedel – 1908) a Dutch animal and landscape painter of the [[Hague School]] 
* [[Hendrik van der Veen]] (1888 in Rossum – 1977) a Dutch missionary worker and linguist who worked in [[Tana Toraja]], [[Dutch East Indies]]. 
* [[Thijs de Graauw]] (born 1942 in Kerkdriel) a Dutch astronomer
* [[Boet van Dulmen]] (born 1948 in Ammerzoden) a Dutch former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Rossum .jpg|"Castle" Rossum
File:Teisterbant.jpg|Teisterbant in Kerkdriel
File:2007-5 amm 22 def; nr. 8104.jpg|[[Ammersoyen Castle]] in Ammerzoden
File:KasteelWell.jpg|The castle of Well
File:Hurwenen (NL), 2010-06-27 14.00, Villa Ouderzorg.jpg|Villa Ouderzorg in Hurwenen
File:Kerkdriel - Molen Sarah Catharina foto 2.jpg|The windmill Sarah Catharina in Kerkdriel
File:Netherlands, Maasdriel, Alem (1).JPG|Hubertus-church in Alem
File:Meersloot.JPG|Meersloot in Ammerzoden
</gallery>

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

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Maasdriel
 | North     = [[West Betuwe]]<br>''[[Waal (river)|Waal]]''
 | Northeast = [[West Maas en Waal]]
 | East      = ''[[Meuse (river)|Maas]]'' / [[Oss]] ([[North Brabant|NB]])
 | South     = ''[[Meuse (river)|Maas]]''<br>[['s-Hertogenbosch]] ([[North Brabant|NB]])
 | Southwest = ''[[Meuse (river)|Maas]]''<br>[[Heusden]] ([[North Brabant|NB]])
 | West      = [[Zaltbommel]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Maasdriel}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Maasdriel| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Gelderland]]


{{Gelderland-geo-stub}}