Puiflijk
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Puiflijk is a village in the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of Gelderland
Gelderland
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. It is a part of the municipality of Druten
Druten
Druten is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality covers the eastern part of the Land van Maas en Waal region of the province of Gelderland...

, and lies about 12 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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Puiflijk was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with Druten.

The village of Puiflijk has a population of around 1010.
The statistical area "Puiflijk", which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 1120.
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