Lochem
Lochem is a city of 34,000 people in the Achterhoek, the region in the east of the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is known for its historical city centre and the Lochemerberg, one of the highest points in the area.
- Type: municipality of the Netherlands with 33,900 residents
- Description: municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Dochteren”, “Eefde”, “Gorssel”, “Lochem (gemeente)”, and “Lochem Municipality”
- Neighbors: Berkelland and Deventer
Places of Interest
Highlights: Velhorst and Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Almen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laren and Lochem.
Laren
Village
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
Lochem
Latitude
52.1848° or 52° 11′ 5″ north
Longitude
6.337° or 6° 20′ 13″ east
Population
33,900
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
9F4858MP+WQ
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Lochem” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Lochem”
- Albanian: “Lochem”
- Arabic: “لوخيم”
- Armenian: “Լոխեմ”
- Asturian: “Lochem”
- Basque: “Lochem”
- Belarusian: “Лохэм”
- Catalan: “Lochem”
- Cebuano: “Gemeente Lochem”
- Chinese: “洛赫姆”
- Dutch: “Lochem”
- Esperanto: “Lochem”
- French: “Lochem”
- German: “Lochem”
- Hakka Chinese: “Lochem”
- Hausa: “Lochem”
- Hungarian: “Lochem”
- Indonesian: “Lochem”
- Irish: “Lochem”
- Italian: “Lochem”
- Japanese: “ロヘム”
- Javanese: “Lochem”
- Kurdish: “Lochem”
- Ladin: “Lochem”
- Limburgan: “Lochem”
- Low German: “Lochem”
- Luxembourgish: “Lochem”
- Malay: “Lochem”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lochem”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lochem”
- Persian: “لوخم”
- Polish: “Lochem”
- Portuguese: “Lochem”
- Romanian: “Lochem”
- Russian: “Лохем”
- Saterfriesisch: “Lochem”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lochem”
- Slovenian: “Lochem”
- Spanish: “Lochem”
- Swedish: “Lochem”
- Turkish: “Lochem”
- Ukrainian: “Лохем”
- Urdu: “لوخم”
- Venetian: “Lochem”
- Vietnamese: “Lochem”
- Volapük: “Lochem”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lochem”
- Zeeuws: “Lochem”
- “Lochem”
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Places to explore: Groot Dochteren and Hulshof.
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