Zaltbommel
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Municipality
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and a city in the Netherlands
Netherlands
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. The town of Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. Zaltbommel first received city status in 1231, which status was renewed in 1316.
The current Municipality of Zaltbommel was created on 1 January 1999, by a merger of the municipalities of Brakel
Brakel (Gelderland)
Brakel is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 8 km east of Gorinchem.Brakel was a separate municipality until 1999, when it became a part of Zaltbommel....
, Kerkwijk
Kerkwijk
Kerkwijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 11 km northwest of 's-Hertogenbosch.Kerkwijk was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1999, when it was merged with Zaltbommel....
and Zaltbommel. The municipality is situated in the heart of the Netherlands
Netherlands
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, close to the A2 Motorway, the railway line from Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
to 's-Hertogenbosch and the rivers Waal and Maas.
Population centres within the municipality
AalstAalst (Zaltbommel)
Aalst is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 12 km southeast of Gorinchem.In 2005, the village of Aalst proper had 1950 inhabitants...
, Bern
Bern (Netherlands)
Bern is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Zaltbommel, about 10 km south of the town Zaltbommel....
, Brakel
Brakel (Gelderland)
Brakel is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 8 km east of Gorinchem.Brakel was a separate municipality until 1999, when it became a part of Zaltbommel....
, Bruchem
Bruchem
Bruchem is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 11 km north of 's-Hertogenbosch.Bruchem was a separate municipality, which was renamed in 1818, to "Kerkwijk"....
, Delwijnen
Delwijnen
Delwijnen is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 12 km northwest of 's-Hertogenbosch.In 2001, the town of Delwijnen had 92 inhabitants...
, Gameren
Gameren
Gameren is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 14 km northwest of 's-Hertogenbosch.Gameren was a separate municipality until 1955, when it was merged with Kerkwijk....
, Kerkwijk
Kerkwijk
Kerkwijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 11 km northwest of 's-Hertogenbosch.Kerkwijk was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1999, when it was merged with Zaltbommel....
, Nederhemert
Nederhemert
Nederhemert is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 8 km southwest of that city.Nederhemert was a separate municipality until 1955, when it was merged with Kerkwijk....
, Nieuwaal
Nieuwaal
Nieuwaal is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 14 km east of Gorinchem.In 2001, the town of Nieuwaal had 304 inhabitants...
, Poederoijen
Poederoijen
Poederoijen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 9 km southeast of Gorinchem.Poederoijen was a separate municipality until 1955, when it was merged with Brakel....
, Zaltbommel and Zuilichem.
The City of Zaltbommel, consists of 13 Population Centres and counted 26.187 inhabitants on the 1st of January 2008, a decrease of 18 compared to 2007.
| 1-1-2007 | 1-1-2008 |
| Aalst | 1.914 | 1.908 |
| Bern | 39 | 38 |
| Brakel | 2.893 | 2.882 |
| Bruchem | 1.676 | 1.671 |
| Delwijnen | 368 | 366 |
| Gameren | 2.104 | 2.121 |
| Kerkwijk | 496 | 507 |
| Nederhemert | 1.497 | 1.496 |
| Nieuwaal | 701 | 710 |
| Poederoijen | 943 | 961 |
| Zaltbommel | 11.934 | 11.877 |
| Zuilichem | 1.640 | 1.650 |
| Total | 26.205 | 26.187 |
The city of Zaltbommel
Zaltbommel received city rightsCity rights in the Netherlands
City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. A liegelord, usually a count, duke or similar member of high nobility, granted a settlement he owned certain town privileges that settlements without city rights did not have....
in 1231 and these were renewed in 1316.
People born in Zaltbommel
- Maarten van RossumMaarten van RossumMaarten van Rossum was a Dutch Guelderian military tactician and later field marshal at the service of Charles, Duke of Guelders....
, (ca. 1490 - 1555), famous military commander - Lucas VorstermanLucas VorstermanLucas Vorsterman was a Baroque engraver. He worked with the artists Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, as well as for patrons such as Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel and Charles I of England....
(1595 - 1675), engraver - Hendrik Antonie Lodewijk HamelbergHendrik Antonie Lodewijk HamelbergHendrik Antonie Lodewijk Hamelberg was a Dutch lawyer who settled in the Orange Free State, where he became a member of the Volksraad. After his return to the Netherlands he acted as consul general and special envoy for that republic in Europe ....
(1826 - 1896), consul general and special envoy of the Orange Free StateOrange Free StateThe Orange Free State was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province... - Gerard PhilipsGerard PhilipsGerard Leonard Frederik Philips was a Dutch industrialist, co-founder of the Philips Company as a family business in 1891. Gerard and his younger brother Anton Philips changed the business to a corporation by founding in 1912 the NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken...
(1858 - 1942), industrialist, founder of Philips ElectronicsPhilipsKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....