Thursday, May 16, 2013

Netherlands - Doetinchem


Multiviews of Doetichem.

Sent by Kirsty, a Swap-Bot partner from Doetinchem, Netherlands.

Doetinchem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdu.tɪn.ˌxɛm]; Low Saxon: Deutekem) is a city and municipality in the east of theNetherlands. It is situated along the Oude IJssel (Old IJssel) river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek . The municipality has 56,275 inhabitants (January 1, 2012) and has an area of 79.67  km² (of which 0.57 km² is water). This makes Doetinchem the largest town (by population) in the Achterhoek.

On 1 January 2005, a municipal reorganization merged the neighbouring municipality of Wehl into Doetinchem. (Source)


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