Alverna
Alverna is a village in the municipality of Wijchen in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. As of 2021, it had a population of 2,525. The village is named after the Alverna monastery founded there in 1887, which in turn is named after La Verna, the mountain in Tuscany where Francis of Assisi is said to have received the stigmata on 17 September 1224.- Type: Village with 2,480 residents
- Description: village in Wijchen, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Alverna, Netherlands”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Schoonoord and Wijchen railway station.
Schoonoord
Windmill
Wijchen railway station
Railway station
Wijchen is a railway station located in Wijchen, Netherlands.
Nijmegen Dukenburg railway station
Railway station
Nijmegen Dukenburg is a railway station located in the south west of Nijmegen, Netherlands. Nijmegen Dukenburg railway station is situated 3½ km northeast of Alverna.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aldenhof and Nederasselt.
Nederasselt
Village
Nederasselt is a village in the municipality of Heumen… Nederasselt is situated 3½ km south of Alverna.
Alverna
- Category: locality
- Location: Wijchen, Gelderland, Eastern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.8035° or 51° 48′ 13″ north
Longitude
5.75618° or 5° 45′ 22″ east
Population
2,480
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
9F37RQ34+9F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Alverna” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Alverna”
- Basque: “Alverna”
- Dutch: “Alverna”
- French: “Alverna”
- Ladin: “Alverna”
- Luxembourgish: “Alverna”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alverna”
- Russian: “Алверна”
- Turkish: “Alverna”
- Vietnamese: “Alverna”
- Western Frisian: “Alverna”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Hoogbroek and Teersdijk.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Oase and begraafplaats van de franciscanen en franciscanessen van het klooster in alverna.
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Worth a closer look: Arnhem and Nijmegen.
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