Opheusden is a town in the Dutch

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 province of Gelderland

Gelderland

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. It is a part of the municipality of Neder-Betuwe

Neder-Betuwe

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, and lies about 5 km south of Wageningen

Wageningen

' is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 37,414 inhabitants , of which many thousands are students...

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Opheusden (or "Heusden", as it was known then) was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with Kesteren.

In 2001, the town of Opheusden had 4118 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.73 km², and contained 1319 residences.
The statistical area "Opheusden", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 5830. Religious life has also traditionally been very important to Opheusden's inhabitants.