Brummen

Brummen
Brummen
Municipality
	Square in Brummen
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Gelderland
	Coordinates: 52°5′N 6°9′E / 52.083°N 6.150°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Alex van Hedel (VVD)
Area
• Total	85.01 km2 (32.82 sq mi)
• Land	83.65 km2 (32.30 sq mi)
• Water	1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	20,884
• Density	250/km2 (600/sq mi)
Demonym	Brummenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6960–6975, 7399
Area code	0575
Website	www.brummen.nl

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

Twin towns — sister cities

Brummen is twinned with:

Kōriyama, Japan	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

Arnhemsestraat, Brummen
Apeldoorns kanaal ter hoogte van de Brummense brug - Brummen
Cottage near Hall

References

^ "Burgemeesters en wethouders" [Mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Brummen. Archived from the original on 2014-07-22. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 6971BV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.