Apeldoorn

Apeldoorn
City and Municipality
Former town hall in 2012
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 52°13′N 5°58′E / 52.217°N 5.967°E / 52.217; 5.967
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	John Berends (CDA)
Area [2]
• Municipality	341.15 km2 (131.72 sq mi)
• Land	339.89 km2 (131.23 sq mi)
• Water	1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (Municipality, January 2019; Urban and Metro, May 2014)[4][5]
• Municipality	162,445
• Density	478/km2 (1,240/sq mi)
• Urban	157,679
• Metro	213,899
Demonym(s)	Apeldoornaar, Apeldoorner, Apeldorenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	3888, 7300–7381
Area code	055, 0577
Website	www.apeldoorn.nl

Apeldoorn is a city in Gelderland in the Netherlands. It has about 160,000 inhabitants. The Het Loo Palace is in Apeldoorn. This was summer home of the Dutch Royal family.^[6]

1. ↑ "Burgemeester John Berends" [Mayor John Berends] (in Dutch). Gemeente Apeldoorn. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
3. ↑ "Postcodetool for 7311LG". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
4. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
5. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; Regionale kerncijfers Nederland" [Regional core figures Netherlands]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
6. ↑ "Apeldoorn - History - The Liberation Of The Netherlands - Anniversaries And Features - Veterans Affairs Canada". veterans.gc.ca. 2014. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2014.