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Bredevoort

Western Europe

Bredevoort is a small city with city privileges in the municipality of Aalten, Gelderland province, Netherlands, with about 1,660 residents in 2021 across 6.73 square kilometers. First named in a 1188 property record of the Archbishop of Cologne, it was conquered by Maurice of Nassau in 1597 and retaken by Spanish forces in 1606, merged into Aalten municipality in 1818, and has rebranded itself since as a book town with more than twenty second-hand bookshops.

Facts
Population
1660 1
Area (sq km)
6.73 1
Founding Year
1188 2
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
35 1
Latitude
51.95 degrees north 1
Longitude
6.616667 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Bredevoort - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, population_total
    1,660
  • Infobox, population_as_of
    2021
  • Infobox, area_total_km2
    6.73
  • Infobox, elevation_m
    35
  • Wikidata claim P625 coordinate location (latitude component)
    51.95,6.6166666666667
  • Wikidata claim P625 coordinate location (longitude component)
    51.95,6.6166666666667
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Bredevoort (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
Quote, P571 (inception)
inception 1188
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Wikidata: Bredevoort
Wikidata Q73501, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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