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Doornspijk

Doornspijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Elburg.

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Place details

Locality: Hoge Enk
Region: Gelderland
Country: Nederland
Population: 1,555

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Doornspijk
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.native_name_lang: nl
Settlement.image_skyline: Doornspijk, de Gereformerde Kerk foto5 2013-07-15 14.34.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Doornspijk, reformed church
Settlement.image_shield: Doornspijk wapen.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province

Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of the Netherlands
Country: Netherlands
Located in: Gelderland
Population: +1520
Area: +21.08
Time zone: UTC+01:00

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Doornspijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Elburg.

The village was first mentioned in 796 as Thornspiiic, and is a combination of thorn and tapering land. The original village was flooded by the former Zuiderzee in 1825, and current village formed around the church after 1829.