Ugchelen is part of 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...

 in the Gelderland

Gelderland

Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...

 province of the Netherlands

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...

, and is today seen as a neighbourhood 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...

.

Ugchelen is located South West of Apeldoorn and has about 7000 inhabitants. Just like Apeldoorn, the old village thanked its growth to the paper industry, it had a total of 11 Watermills.

Although Ugchelen is nearly merged with Apeldoorn, it still has its small town charm.

The most important hospital in the region, the Gelre hospital, is located in Ugchelen.

Famous people from Ugchelen

• Robin Linschoten
  Robin Linschoten
  Robin Linschoten is a former Dutch politician.-References:...
  
  , politician (VVD
  People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
  The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...
  
  ) (born 17 April 1956 in Ugchelen)
• Peter Bosz
  Peter Bosz
  Peter Bosz is a former football midfielder from the Netherlands currently serving as head coach of Dutch Eredivisie team Heracles Almelo.-Career:...
  
  , manager with Feyenoord and ex-trainer of AGOVV Apeldoorn
  AGOVV Apeldoorn
  AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts...
  
   and ex-professional soccer player with Feyenoord (born 21 November 1963 in Apeldoorn)
• Medy van der Laan
  Medy van der Laan
  Medy Catharina van der Laan is a Dutch politician.She was the Secretary of State of Culture and Media in the second Balkenende cabinet .- References :...
  
  , politician (D66
  Democrats 66
  Democrats 66 is a progressive and social-liberal political party in the Netherlands. D66 was formed in 1966 by a group of politically unaligned, young intellectuals, led by journalist Hans van Mierlo. The party's main objective was to democratise the political system; it proposed to create an...
  
  ) (born 14 August 1968 in Spijkenisse
  Spijkenisse
  Spijkenisse is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 74,482 in 2006, and covers an area of 30.23 km²...
  
  )
• Jan Kromkamp
  Jan Kromkamp
  Jan Kromkamp is a Dutch footballer. He currently plays for Go Ahead Eagles.-Early career:Kromkamp made his professional debut for Dutch side Go Ahead Eagles on September 18, 1998....
  
  , professional soccer player with PSV (born 17 August 1980 in Makkinga
  Makkinga
  Makkinga is a village in the Dutch municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the province of Friesland. As of the census of 1 January 2006 it had 1,039 inhabitants. At one time Makkinga was the largest village in Ooststellingwerf, with nearly 1,900 residents...
  
  )
• Jaime Bruinier
  Jaime Bruinier
  Jaime Bruinier is a Dutch footballer, who plays for Dutch second division side AGOVV Apeldoorn. He formerly played for Vitesse.He made his debut in professional football as a member of the Vitesse squad in the 2006-07 season....
  
  , professional soccer player with AGOVV
  AGOVV Apeldoorn
  AGOVV Apeldoorn is a Dutch football club, playing in the Eerste Divisie, based in Apeldoorn.The club was founded on 25 February 1913, as AGOSV, which stood for Apeldoornse Geheel Onthoudersvoetbalvereniging Steeds Voorwaarts...
  
  (born 28 June 1987 in Ugchelen)

External links

• http://www.ugchelen.org