Amerongen
Sign in to saveAmerongen () is a town in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, on the border of the Utrecht Hill Ridge. It lies about 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Veenendaal (10.5 km or 6.5 mi by road).
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Place details
- Locality
- Amerongen
- Region
- Utrecht
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 5,085
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
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- Amerongen
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- Town
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- nl
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- Amerongen Castle
- Settlement.image_flag
- Amerongen vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Amerongen wapen.svg
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- Location in the Netherlands
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Utrecht
- Population
- +1025
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- 20170731 19 Amerongen (36318097575).jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
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Amerongen () is a town in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, on the border of the Utrecht Hill Ridge. It lies about 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Veenendaal (10.5 km or 6.5 mi by road).
The landscape rises from the flat water meadows of the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine) to the Utrecht Hill Ridge ("Utrechtse Heuvelrug"). The highest point in the western Netherlands is located 2 km east of the village. The Amerongense Berg (Amerongen Mountain) has a height of 69 metres above sea level.