Epe
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| Epe | |
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| Country | Netherlands |
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| Province | Gelderland |
| Area (2006) | |
| - Municipality | 157.25 km² (60.7 sq mi) |
| - Land | 156.21 km² (60.3 sq mi) |
| - Water | 1.04 km² (0.4 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| - Municipality | 32,999 |
| - Density | 211/km² (546.5/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Epe is a municipality and a big village in the eastern Netherlands.
The town has 15,800 inhabitants, whilst the municipality as a whole has a population of 33,102. The town hall stands in Epe itself, which is situated about 15 km ( 9 miles) north of Apeldoorn and 28 km (17,5 miles) south of Zwolle. The second important village is Vaassen (about 12,000 inhabitants), half-way between Epe and Apeldoorn. It has an interesting castle "De Cannenburgh", which is open to visitors ( guided tour compulsory). The villages of Epe, Vaassen and Oene each have a beautiful medieval church.
[edit] Population centres
Small hamlets are printed in italics.
- Boshoek
- Dijkhuizen
- Emst
- Epe
- Geerstraat
- Gortel ( camping-site in the forests of the Veluwe)
- Hanendorp
- Hegge ( now an outer area of Epe)
- Jonas
- 't Laar
- Laarstraat near the motorway junction from the A 50 Zwolle - Arnhem
- Loobrink
- Niersen
- Oene
- Oosterhof
- Schaveren
- Tongeren
- Vaassen
- Vemde
- Westendorp
- Wijnbergen
- Wissel west of Emst, with a small zoo
- Zuuk.
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