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Haalderen

Field	Value
name	Haalderen
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Haalderen - van der Mondeweg 24 O.L. Vrouw van zeven Smarten.jpg
image_caption	OLV van Zeven Smartenkerk
(church of Haalderen)
pushpin_map	Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
pushpin_mapsize	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Gelderland
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Lingewaard
area_total_km2	2.55
population_total	2,061
population_as_of	2020
population_density_km2	auto
elevation_m	9
coordinates
population_demonym	Haaldernaar

(church of Haalderen)

Haalderen is a village in the Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. The village is located in the Betuwe region, and belongs to the municipality of Lingewaard. Haalderen is situated along the rivers Waal and Linge. It has a population of 2,061 (1 January 2020).

Physical geography

The territory of Haalderen is mainly located on river deposits. In the southwest of Haalderen there are river forelands of the Waal. Due to several levee breaches in the past, tree kolk lakes (named Kleine Kolk Grote Kolk and Groene Kolk) are still clearly visible in the current landscape of Haalderen. There is also a kolk lake in the border area of Haalderen and Bemmel (named Ronduit). Typical herbs that grow along the kolks of Haalderen are Inula britannica and Limosella aquatica.

Education

The village has one primary school: IKC De Wieling. The school has about 250 pupils.

Notable people

● Herman Gerdsen (Haalderen,16 July 1953 — Arnhem, 23 March 2024), Dutch Professional football player of Vitesse and NEC Nijmegen.

● Joop Puntman (Haalderen, 20 March 1934 — Nijmegen,12 December 2013), Dutch ceramist and sculptor.

Local sights

Local places of interest in Haalderen include:

OLV van Zeven Smartenkerk - The church of the village (a Catholic church)
Hertenkamp Haalderen - A small deer park near the church, in the middle of the village
Kleine Kolk, Grote Kolk and Groene Kolk - The three main kolk lakes of Haalderen (remnants of the levee failures)
Haalders Bos - A small woodlot in the southwest of the village

Photo gallery

Kleine Kolk, Haalderen.jpg|Kleine Kolk (kolk lake) Haalderen Deer Park.jpg|Hertenkamp Haalderen Haalderen (Lingewaard) oorlogsmonument.JPG|The war memorial Haalders Bos.jpg|Haalders Bos Haalderen, de Linge naar het zuidoosten bij het Goudsbloempad Noord IMG 2770 2019-11-08 08.03.jpg|The Linge river

References

(1 January 2018). "Gelderland, Netherlands".
(1 January 2020). "Feiten en cijfers".
(30 November 2006). "Kleine Kolk in Haalderen".
(3 September 2019). "Opening Haalders Bos".

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