Velp, Gelderland

Velp
360° Panorama, Main Street, Velp, The Netherlands.
Coordinates: 51°59′41″N 5°58′33″E / 51.99472°N 5.97583°E / 51.99472; 5.97583Coordinates: 51°59′41″N 5°58′33″E / 51.99472°N 5.97583°E / 51.99472; 5.97583
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	Rheden
Population  (2007)	circa 17,563
Dialling code	026
Major roads	A12

Velp is a Dutch village located East to Arnhem within the municipality of Rheden, located between Arnhem, Rozendaal, and the town of Rheden. The population is 17,669 (2005). The town of Velp covers an area of approximately 11.01 square kilometres (4.25 sq mi).

Velp was a separate municipality between 1812 and 1818, when it was merged with Rheden. The municipality also covered the village Rozendaal.^[1]

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  Church: Onze Lieve Vrouw Visitatiekerk

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  New Church, built 1841

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  Castle: het Biljoen

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  Monumental office building at the Hoofdstraat

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  View to a street (de Hoofdstraat)

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  River IJssel near Velp

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  Veluwe near Velp, tree in the field at the Driesprong

Notable residents[]

• Jan Goossens, former American indoor soccer player.
• Ho-Pin Tung, Chinese-Dutch auto-racing driver
• René Klaassen, former field hockey defender
• Mina Kruseman, 19th-century feminist and author
• Ella van Heemstra, aristocrat and mother of Audrey Hepburn
• Audrey Hepburn, 20th-century actress and humanitarian

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Velp, Gelderland.

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Velp". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

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