Brummen

Brummen
—  Municipality  —
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 52°6′N 06°10′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Area(2006)
• Total	85.10 km2 (32.86 sq mi)
• Land	84.01 km2 (32.44 sq mi)
• Water	1.09 km2 (0.42 sq mi)
Population (1 January, 2007)
• Total	21,227
• Density	253/km2 (660/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Brummen ( pronunciation ) is a 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 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Zutphen, no farther than 1.5 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

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 twinned with:

• Kōriyama, Japan
• Krotoszyn, Poland

External links

• Official Website
• Map