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Country	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...
Province Provinces of the Netherlands A Dutch province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the local municipalities, having the responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance. The government of each province consists of three major parts: the Provinciale Staten which is 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,...
Area Area Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat... - Land - Water	65.19 km² 64.96 km² 0.23 km²
Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...  (2004) - Density Population density Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...	8,676 134/km²

Ruurlo is a former municipality

Municipality

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...

 and a town in the eastern part 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...

 in the province of Gelderland. It has a population of 8,676 in 2004.

The town has a station on the Zutphen to Winterswijk

Winterswijk

Winterswijk is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.Winterswijk is a town with a population of some 30,000 in the Achterhoek which lies in the most eastern part of the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It was also known as Winethereswick, Winriswic or Wenterswic...

 railway line, and is served by trains every half hour in both directions. In the evening there is only an hour service.

Ruurlo Castle lies just outside the town and is a popular place for Dutch couples to get legally married. The castle was used as the town hall up until 1 January 2005, when the municipality Ruurlo merged with the municipalities of Borculo

Borculo

Borculo is a former municipality and a village in the eastern Netherlands, in the Province of Gelderland.On January first 2005 the municipality Borculo merged with the municipalities of Eibergen, Neede and Ruurlo into the municipality of Berkelland....

, Neede

Neede

Neede is a former municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.On 1 January 2005 the municipality of Neede merged with the municipalities of Eibergen, Borculo and Ruurlo into the municipality of Berkelland.- Population centres :...

 and Eibergen

Eibergen

Eibergen is a former municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands in an area called Achterhoek. The administrative cooperation of about 20 municipalities in this region, is called Regio Achterhoek....

 into the municipality of Berkelland

Berkelland

Berkelland is a municipality in the Netherlands province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the merger of the former municipalities of Borculo, Eibergen, Neede, and Ruurlo...

.

Population centres

Brinkmanshoek, De Bruil, De Haar

De Haar

De Haar is the name of several villages and hamlets in the Netherlands:* De Haar , Drenthe* De Haar , Drenthe* De Haar , Drenthe* De Haar * De Haar * De Haar...

, Heurne

Heurne

Heurne is a neighbourhood in the municipality of Aalten, near Aalten in the eastern Netherlands with a population of around 500 inhabitants....

, Mariënvelde, Ruurlo and Veldhoek.

External links

• Official Website Map of the former municipality, around 1868.