Uddel is a village on the Veluwe

Veluwe

The Veluwe is a forest-rich ridge of hills in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. The Veluwe features many different landscapes including woodland, heath, some small lakes and Europe's largest sand drifts....

, in the municipality of Apeldoorn

Apeldoorn

Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...

, Gelderland

Gelderland

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, Netherlands

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. Uddel is located on the N310 from Elburg

Elburg

Elburg is a municipality and a city in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands.-History:There is evidence of a Neolithic settlement at Elburg consisting of stone tools and pottery shards....

 to Arnhem

Arnhem

Arnhem is a city and municipality, situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland and located near the river Nederrijn as well as near the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 146,095 residents as one of the...

. The oldest mention of Uddel dates back to the year 792, as the settlement Uttiloch. The village had 2,830 inhabitants in 2004.

Uddel is a conservative Protestant

Protestantism

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 village, located on the Dutch Bible Belt

Bible Belt (Netherlands)

The Bible Belt is the name given to a strip of land in the Netherlands, which is inhabited chiefly by conservative Protestants...

. In the 2006 municipal elections, 65 percent of the local population voted for the Reformed Political Party

Reformed Political Party

The Reformed Political Party is an orthodox Protestant Dutch political party. The term Reformed is not a reference to political reform, but is a synonym for Calvinist. The SGP is the oldest political party in the Netherlands in its current form, and for its entire existence has been in opposition...

. The three Christian parties in the elections (the Reformed Political Party

Reformed Political Party

The Reformed Political Party is an orthodox Protestant Dutch political party. The term Reformed is not a reference to political reform, but is a synonym for Calvinist. The SGP is the oldest political party in the Netherlands in its current form, and for its entire existence has been in opposition...

, the ChristianUnion

ChristianUnion

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 and the Christian Democratic Appeal

Christian Democratic Appeal

The Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...

) had a combined total of almost 87 percent of the votes.

Notable inhabitants

• Gerrit Holdijk
  Gerrit Holdijk
  Gerrit Holdijk is a Dutch jurist and politician.He is a member of the Reformed Political Party . On behalf of this party he was a member of the States-Provincial of Gelderland from 1987 to 2011...
  
   (1944), jurist and politician (SGP
  Reformed Political Party
  The Reformed Political Party is an orthodox Protestant Dutch political party. The term Reformed is not a reference to political reform, but is a synonym for Calvinist. The SGP is the oldest political party in the Netherlands in its current form, and for its entire existence has been in opposition...
  
  )