Apeldoorn
Sign in to savethumb|right|266px|Apeldoorn in the 17th century by Jacob van Ruisdael thumb|right|266px|Omnisport Velodrome Apeldoorn Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. The municipality of Apeldoorn, including the villages of Beekbergen, Loenen, Ugchelen and Hoenderloo, had a population of 165,525 on 1 December 2021. The western half of the municipality lies on the Veluwe ridge, with the eastern half in the IJssel valley.
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Apeldoorn is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland, located in the central Netherlands, with a population of around 165,500 as of 2021. The city spans two geographic regions—the Veluwe ridge to the west and the IJssel valley to the east—and encompasses several surrounding villages.
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- The city of Apeldoorn
- House of Orange-Nassau
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- 2009 car attack
- Twin towns – sister cities
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thumb|right|266px|Apeldoorn in the 17th century by Jacob van Ruisdael thumb|right|266px|Omnisport Velodrome Apeldoorn Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. The municipality of Apeldoorn, including the villages of Beekbergen, Loenen, Ugchelen and Hoenderloo, had a population of 165,525 on 1 December 2021. The western half of the municipality lies on the Veluwe ridge, with the eastern half in the IJssel valley.
== The city of Apeldoorn == thumb|left|216px|Paleis Het Loo, spring 2012 thumb|right|216px|Apenheul ape zoo, male Bonobo thumb|right|216px|Apartment buildings along the canal thumb|right|216px|City hall The oldest known reference to Apeldoorn, then called Appoldro, dates from the 8th century. The settlement came into being at the point where the old road from Amersfoort to Deventer crossed that from Arnhem to Zwolle. A 1740 map refers to it as Appeldoorn.