Oldebroek

Oldebroek
Municipality
Windmill in Oldebroek
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 52°27′N 5°54′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Adriaan Hoogendoorn (CU)
Area [2]
• Total	98.84 km^2 (38.16 sq mi)
• Land	97.65 km^2 (37.70 sq mi)
• Water	1.19 km^2 (0.46 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[4]
• Total	23,760
• Density	243/km^2 (630/sq mi)
Demonym	Oldebroeker
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	8079, 8090–8097
Area code	038, 0525
Website	www.oldebroek.nl

Oldebroek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɔldəˈbruk] ^ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland. The municipality had a population of 23,760 in 2021.

Population centres

• Bovenveen
• Eekt
• Hattemerbroek
• Kerkdorp
• 't Loo
• Mullegen
• Noordeinde
• Oldebroek
• Oosterwolde
• Posthoorn
• Voskuil
• Wezep

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Oldebroek, June 2015

Sport

Oldebroek has been host to the Dutch Sidecarcross Grand Prix a number times^[5]

Lana Wolf, 2012

Notable people

• Rudolph van Pallandt (1868–1913), sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Martin Koopman (born 1956 in Wezep), former football defender and football manager
• Jan Maarten Heideman (born 1973), speed skater
• Lana Wolf (born 1975 in Wezep), pop singer
• Freek Jansen (born 1992), politician

Gallery

• 
  Kerkje van Noordeinde
• 
  Overzicht van de voorgevel van het landhuis met portiek - Wezep
• 
  Oldebroek - De Hoop
• 
  Huize Morren

References

1. "Burgemeester mr. A. Hoogendoorn" (in Dutch). Gemeente Oldebroek. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 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 8096CP". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
5. VENUES USED IN GP 1971-2005 The John Davy Pages, accessed: 2 November 2009

External links

• Media related to Oldebroek at Wikimedia Commons
• Official Website