Eastern Netherlands
Gelderland
West Maas en Waal Municipality

Alphen

Alphen is a in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 7 km north of . Alphen was a separate municipality until 1818, when it became a part of .
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  • Type: Village with 1,630 residents
  • Description: village in West Maas en Waal, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Alfen” and “Alphen, Gelderland”
  • Postal code: 6626

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tot Voordeel en Genoegen and Sint-Remigiuskerk.

Windmill
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a windmill built in 1798 on the Molendijk 15 in Alphen, Netherlands. It is a large , built above a roundhouse, used for grinding wheat flour.

Church
Photo: Havang(nl), Public domain.
is a church, which is situated 2½ km south of Alphen.

Church
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 3 km southwest of Alphen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oijen and Lithoijen.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality of , about 5 km northwest of the city of . is situated 2½ km south of Alphen.

Village
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the province in the . Before 2011, there was also a municipality; since 2011 is a part of . is situated 3 km southwest of Alphen.

Alphen

Latitude
51.82335° or 51° 49′ 24″ north
Longitude
5.47081° or 5° 28′ 15″ east
Population
1,630
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
9F37RFFC+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 43972052
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2759876
Wiki­data ID
Q1949139
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Alphen” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Alphen”
  • Catalan: “Alphen”
  • Cebuano: “Alphen”
  • Chinese: “Alphen”
  • Danish: “Alphen aan de Maas”
  • Danish: “Alphen”
  • Dutch: “Alphen aan de Maas”
  • Dutch: “Alphen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الفين”
  • Esperanto: “Alphen”
  • French: “Alphen”
  • Irish: “Alphen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Alphen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alphen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alphen”
  • Persian: “الفن، گلدرلند”
  • Portuguese: “Alphen”
  • Ukrainian: “Алфен-ан-де-Мас”
  • Ukrainian: “Алфен”
  • Welsh: “Alphen”

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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 “Alphen”. Photo: Agnes Monkelbaan, CC BY-SA 4.0.