Maasdriel
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Maasdriel is a municipalityMunicipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
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 eastern 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...
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Population centres
AlemAlem
Alem is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Maasdriel, and lies about 10 km north of 's-Hertogenbosch.In 2001, the town of Alem had 450 inhabitants...
, Ammerzoden
Ammerzoden
Ammerzoden is a village on the northern bank of the Maas river in western Gelderland, a Dutch province. The people of the village have strong connections with the people in the province of Noord-Brabant, especially the nearby city of 's-Hertogenbosch...
, Hedel
Hedel
Hedel is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Maasdriel, and lies about 7 km northwest of 's-Hertogenbosch.Hedel was a separate municipality until 1999, when it was merged with Maasdriel....
, Heerewaarden
Heerewaarden
Heerewaarden is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Maasdriel, and lies about 8 km south of Tiel....
, Hoenzadriel
Hoenzadriel
Hoenzadriel is a city in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Maasdriel, and lies about 6 km north of 's-Hertogenbosch.The main infrastructure is dominated by the following six roads :...
, Hurwenen
Hurwenen
Hurwenen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Maasdriel, and lies about 11 km southwest of Tiel....
, Kerkdriel
Kerkdriel
Kerkdriel is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Maasdriel, and lies about 8 km north of 's-Hertogenbosch.In 2001, the town of Kerkdriel had 6195 inhabitants...
, Rossum
Rossum (Gelderland)
Rossum is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Maasdriel, and lies about 11 km southwest of Tiel.Rossum was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1999, when it was merged with Maasdriel....
, Velddriel
Velddriel
Velddriel is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Maasdriel, and lies about 8 km north of 's-Hertogenbosch.In 2001, the town of Velddriel had 573 inhabitants...
, Well
Well (Gelderland)
Well is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Maasdriel, and lies about 9 km northwest of 's-Hertogenbosch....
& Wellseind and the small settlement of Wordragen
Wordragen
Wordragen is a small Dutch settlement, north of Ammerzoden in the Maasdriel municipality of Gelderland province....
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Maasdriel was formed on the 1. January, 1999 by the merger of the former municipalities of Ammerzoden (including Well, Wellseind en Wordragen), Hedel, Heerewaarden, Maasdriel (Alem, Hoenzadriel, Kerkdriel and Velddriel) and Rossum (including Hurwenen). The former municipality of Maasdriel was called "Driel" before 1944.