Eastern Netherlands
Gelderland
West Betuwe

Asperen

Asperen is a small city in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 10 km east of on the river . It received city rights in 1313.
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Photo: Gelderland, Public domain.
  • Type: Village with 3,120 residents
  • Description: town in West Betuwe, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 4147

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Asperen and Nationaal Glasmuseum.

Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum
Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Museum
Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY 3.0.
The is a museum and former hofje in , , on the Kerkstraat. It was built during the years 1770-1772 on the former location of the "Kasteel van Leerdam", a castle that was destroyed by the Spanish in 1574.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Acquoy and Leerdam.

Village
is a in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 12 km east of . According to popular legend a "Jan van Arkel" was the first to have settled the village of , when he returned from the crusades in 1133.

Town
Photo: Marc Chang Sing Pang, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a city and former municipality in the western , in the province of . The municipality was merged with the municipalities of and Zederik on 1 January 2019.

Village
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY 2.5.
is a city in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 8 km northeast of . It received city rights in 1391. is situated 2½ km west of Asperen.

Asperen

Latitude
51.88078° or 51° 52′ 51″ north
Longitude
5.11097° or 5° 6′ 40″ east
Population
3,120
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL ASP
Open location code
9F37V4J6+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8181335942
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2759643
Wiki­data ID
Q2162332
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Asperen” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Asperen”
  • Catalan: “Asperen”
  • Cebuano: “Asperen”
  • Chinese: “Asperen”
  • Danish: “Asperen”
  • Dutch: “Asperen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اسپيرين”
  • Esperanto: “Asperen”
  • Faroese: “Asperen”
  • Finnish: “Asperen”
  • French: “Asperen”
  • German: “Asperen”
  • Indonesian: “Asperen”
  • Irish: “Asperen”
  • Italian: “Asperen”
  • Japanese: “ボブ・ファン・アスペレン”
  • Kalaallisut: “Asperen”
  • Latin: “Caspingium”
  • Luxembourgish: “Asperen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Asperen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Asperen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asperen”
  • Persian: “آسپرن”
  • Polish: “Asperen”
  • Portuguese: “Asperen”
  • Russian: “Асперен”
  • Spanish: “Asperen”
  • Swedish: “Asperen”
  • Turkish: “Asperen”
  • Ukrainian: “Асперен”
  • Welsh: “Asperen”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nederlands Hervormde Kerk Asperen and Jeugdbibliotheek Asperen.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Asperen”. Photo: Gelderland, Public domain.