Lichtenvoorde

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Lichtenvoorde
Town
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Protestant St John church
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Lichtenvoorde
Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands
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Lichtenvoorde
Lichtenvoorde (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 51°59′17″N6°34′11″E / 51.98806°N 6.56972°E / 51.98806; 6.56972
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Municipality Oost Gelre
Area
[1]
 • Total11.49 km2 (4.44 sq mi)
Elevation
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21 m (69 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total12,910
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
7131 & 7132 [1]
Dialing code 0544

Lichtenvoorde is a town in the east of the Netherlands, in the municipality of Oost Gelre.

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Lichtenvoorde holds a flower parade (bloemencorso) every September at the start of its annual festival. The parade features floats covered in flowers (usually dahlias) in imaginative designs depicting a variety of themes.

Lichtenvoorde has a motorcross circuit on which international grands prix are held.

History

Lichtenvoorde was the name of a municipality that included the town and the villages of Lievelde, Zieuwent, Vragender and Harreveld, until 1 January 2005, when all were merged into the municipality of Oost Gelre.

Its inhabitants are known colloquially as keienslöppers (boulder draggers) due to a historic event. On 15 March 1874, 99 of the town's shoemakers dragged a 20 ton boulder a distance of around four kilometres to the marketplace to serve as a centerpiece for commemoration of King William III's silver jubilee, after 25 years on the country's throne. The boulder remains there to this day, topped by a stone lion holding the town's coat of arms.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 7131AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
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