Empe is a settlement in the municipality of Brummen

Brummen

Brummen is a municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands.Brummen has a small railway station - Brummen railway station on the line between Zutphen and Arnhem. The village is situated about southwest of Zutphen, no farther than 1.5 km from the IJssel river...

 in the province of 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,...

 in 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...

. Its population is 690 on 1 January 2005. Empe is located on the 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...

-Zutphen railway, 4 km west of Zutphen. The NS

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...

 railway station Voorst-Empe

Voorst-Empe railway station

Voorst-Empe is a railway station serving the villages Voorst and Empe in the Netherlands. The station was opened in 1876 , closed in 1938 and reopened in 2006. It is located on the Amsterdam–Zutphen railway, between Apeldoorn and Zutphen...

 was reopened on 10 December 2006. The castle Huis Empe, built in 1550 by Thomas van Buerlo, mayor of Zutphen, lies on the edge of the village.

Notable People

• Dick Dolman
  Dick Dolman
  Dirk Dolman is a Dutch politician. In 1970, he became a member of the Dutch parliament as a member of the Dutch Labor Party . From July 17, 1979 to September 14, 1989 he was the president of the Dutch parliament.- Biography :Dolman was born in Empe, Netherlands...
  
   (b. 2 July 1935), politician, member of parliament 1970-1990
• Stefan Groothuis
  Stefan Groothuis
  Stefan Groothuis is a Dutch speed skater who is currently part of Team Telfort.Groothuis is a specialist in the middle distances, 1000 and 1500 metres and had his international breakthrough in 2005. In that year he reached a second spot during the Speed Skating World Cup meeting in Salt Lake City...
  
  (b. 22 November 1981), speed skater