Gelderland

Gelderland
Coat of arms of Gelderland
Anthem: "Ons Gelderland"
"Our Gelderland"
Location of Gelderland in the Netherlands
Location of Gelderland in the Netherlands
Topography map of Gelderland
Topography map of Gelderland
Coordinates: 52°04′N 5°57′E / 52.06°N 5.95°E / 52.06; 5.95
CountryNetherlands
CapitalArnhem
Largest cityNijmegen
Government
 • King's CommissionerHenri Lenferink (PvdA)
 • CouncilStates of Gelderland
Area
 (2023)[1]
 • Total5,136 km2 (1,983 sq mi)
 • Land4,960 km2 (1,920 sq mi)
 • Water176 km2 (68 sq mi)
 • Rank2nd
Population
 (1 January 2023)[2]
 • Total2,133,708
 • Rank4th
 • Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
  • Rank6th
GDP
 • Total€86.736 billion
 • Per capita€42,100
ISO 3166 codeNL-GE
Religion (2015)46% Not religious, 23% Protestant, 22% Catholic
HDI (2019)0.933[4]
very high · 5th of 12
Websitewww.gelderland.nl

Gelderland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣɛldərlɑnt] ), also known as Guelders (/ˈɡɛldərz/)[5] in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of 5,136 km2 (1,983 sq mi) of which 176 km2 (68 sq mi) is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by total area.[6] Gelderland shares borders with six other provinces (Flevoland, Limburg, North Brabant, Overijssel, South Holland and Utrecht) and the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The capital is Arnhem (pop. 159,265[7]); however, Nijmegen (pop. 176,731) and Apeldoorn (pop. 162,445) are both larger municipalities. Other major regional centres in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Harderwijk, Tiel, Wageningen, Zevenaar, and Winterswijk. Gelderland had a population of about 2,134,000 as of January 2023.[2] It contains the Netherlands's largest forest region (the Veluwe), the Rhine and other major rivers, and a significant amount of orchards in the south (Betuwe).

  1. ^ Statistieken provincie Gelderland - Gegevens over meer dan 100 onderwerpen!, AlleCijfers.nl
  2. ^ a b "CBS Statline". opendata.cbs.nl.
  3. ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Guelders". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Regionale kerncijfers Nederland" [Regional key figures Netherlands]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  7. ^ "CBS Statline". opendata.cbs.nl.

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