Vuren
Sign in to saveVuren is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and is located about 5 km east of Gorinchem.
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Place details
- Locality
- Vuren
- Region
- Gelderland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,880
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
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- Vuren
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
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- Vuren - ingang dorp.jpg
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- Entering the village
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- Vuren wapen.svg
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- Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
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- Location in the Netherlands
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Lingewaal
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Waal
- Image
- Vuren - ingang dorp.jpg
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- P8168
- Erasmus von Teufel
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Vuren is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and is located about 5 km east of Gorinchem.
Vuren was a separate municipality until 1986, when it merged with Asperen, Herwijnen, and Heukelum including Spijk. The new municipality was originally called "Vuren", but the name changed to "Lingewaal" in 1987. Before 1816, the municipality of Vuren was named "Dalem".