Almen
Sign in to saveAlmen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is in the municipality Lochem, about 7 km east of the city of Zutphen.
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Place details
- Locality
- Almen
- Region
- Gelderland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 710
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Almen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Almen, de Dorpsstraat met de Hervormde kerk RM16710 IMG 2008 2018-04-07 09.35.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Almen, church in the street
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gelderland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Lochem
- Time zone
- Central European Summer Time
- Body of water
- Twentekanaal
- Official website
- www.almen-info.nl
- Image
- Almen, kerk instraatzicht foto2 2010-07-20 10.25.JPG
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Almen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is in the municipality Lochem, about 7 km east of the city of Zutphen.
It was first mentioned in 1188 as Almen, and means "settlement near elm trees". Castle Ehze was built around 1300. It was destroyed during the Dutch Revolt and rebuilt in 1647. In 1816, it was demolished and replaced by an estate in 1831. In 1840, it was home to 456 people.