Druten | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Druten in a municipal map of Gelderland |
Coordinates: | 51.8833°N 41°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gelderland |
Governing Body: | Municipal council |
Leader Party: | VVD |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Sigrid Sengers |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 7 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 6630–6631, 6650–6655 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0487 |
Druten (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈdrytə(n)/) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality covers the eastern part of the region of the province of Gelderland.
One of its key features is the town's church, designed by architect Pierre Cuypers. The church is dedicated to the Two Ewalds, with statues for the two made in the studio, owned by Cuypers and Frans Stoltzenberg.[2]
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Druten, June 2015