Zaltbommel

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Country	Netherlands
Zaltbommel

Province	Gelderland
Area (2006)
- Municipality	89.06 km² (34.4 sq mi)
- Land	79.94 km² (30.9 sq mi)
- Water	9.12 km² (3.5 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	26,204
- Density	328/km² (849.5/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Zaltbommel is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands.

Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. In 1231 Zaltbommel received City rights, which were renewed in 1316.

The actual Municipality Zaltbommel was created on the 1st of January 1999, by a merge of the communities Brakel, Kerkwijk and Zaltbommel.Zaltbommel is situated in he heart of the Netherlands, next to the A2 Highway, railways and the rivers Waal and Maas. This makes Zaltbommel a good area to work and live in.

[edit] Population centres

Aalst, Bern, Brakel, Bruchem, Delwijnen, Gameren, Kerkwijk, Nederhemert, Nieuwaal, Poederoijen, Zaltbommel and Zuilichem.

The City of Zaltbommel, consists of 13 Population Centres and counted 26.195 inhabitants on the 1st of January 2007, an increase of 10 compared to 2006.

	1-1-2006	1-1-2007
Aalst	1.923	1.914
Bern	44	39
Brakel	2.875	2.893
Bruchem	1.640	1.676
Delwijnen	371	368
Gameren	2.143	2.104
Kerkwijk	491	496
Nederhemert	1.510	1.497
Nieuwaal	708	701
Poederoijen	929	943
Zaltbommel	11.940	11.934
Zuilichem	1.621	1.640
Totaal	26.195	26.205