Berkelland | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Berkelland in a municipal map of Gelderland |
Coordinates: | 52.1167°N 38°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gelderland |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1 January 2005[1] |
Government Footnotes: | [2] |
Governing Body: | Municipal council |
Leader Party: | VVD |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Joost van Oostrum |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [3] |
Elevation M: | 16 |
Elevation Max Footnotes: | [4] |
Elevation Max M: | 35 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 7150–7165, 7260–7261, 7270–7275 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0544, 0545, 0573 |
Berkelland (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈbɛrkəlɑnt/) is a municipality in the Netherlands province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the merger of the former municipalities of Borculo, Eibergen, Neede, and Ruurlo. The new municipality was named after the Berkel, a small river.
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Berkelland, June 2015.
The Eibergen community houses the interception station of the Nationale SIGINT Organisatie.[5]