Overbetuwe | |
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Overbetuwe town hall | |
![]() Location in Gelderland | |
Coordinates: 51°55′N 5°51′E / 51.917°N 5.850°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Gelderland |
Established | 1 January 2001[1] |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Patricia Hoytink-Roubos |
Area | |
• Total | 115.08 km2 (44.43 sq mi) |
• Land | 109.19 km2 (42.16 sq mi) |
• Water | 5.89 km2 (2.27 sq mi) |
Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
Population (January 2021)[5] | |
• Total | 48,214 |
• Density | 442/km2 (1,140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 6660–6662, 6665–6668, 6670–6678 |
Area code | 026, 0481, 0488 |
Website | www |
Overbetuwe (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌoːvərˈbeːtyu.ə] ) is a municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 January 2001 as a merger of three former municipalities: Elst, Heteren and Valburg. Overbetuwe is bordered in the north by the river Rhine and in the south by the river Waal. The town hall is located in Elst, the largest town in the municipality. Since 2021 it has been part of the Arnhem-Nijmegen Green Metropolitan Region (Dutch: Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen, which aids planning and development in the region's eighteen municipalities.[6]