Tiel

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Tiel
Municipality
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Location in Gelderland
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Tiel
Location within the Netherlands
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Tiel
Location within Europe
Coordinates: 51°53′N5°26′E / 51.883°N 5.433°E / 51.883; 5.433
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Government
[1]
 • Body Municipal council
 •  Mayor Hans Beenakker (VVD)
Area
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 • Total35.51 km2 (13.71 sq mi)
 • Land32.88 km2 (12.70 sq mi)
 • Water2.63 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Elevation
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7 m (23 ft)
Population
 (January 2021) [4]
 • Total41,920
 • Density1,275/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Demonym Tielenaar
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
4000–4007, 4013–4014, 4017, 4062
Area code 0344
Website www.tiel.nl
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Dutch Topographic map of Tiel (town), as of March 2014

Tiel (Dutch pronunciation: [til] ( Loudspeaker.svg listen )) is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands. The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river to the South and the North, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal to the East. Tiel comprises the population centres Kapel-Avezaath, Tiel and Wadenoijen. The city was founded in the 5th century CE.

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The town of Tiel

Tiel is the largest town in the Betuwe area, which is famous for being one of the centres of Dutch fruit production. Orchards in the area produce apples, pears, plums and cherries. Tiel once housed the famous jam factory De Betuwe. After production was moved to Breda in 1993, the entire complex was demolished, although a part was reconstructed later. Reminding of this industry is a jam manufacturing museum and a statue of Flipje, the raspberry-based comic figure who starred in De Betuwe's, jam factory advertisements since the 1930s.

Originally located on the Linge river Tiel became an important centre of trade in the early Middle Ages, especially after the demise of Dorestad in the 9th century. Tiel had two big churches, one of which, the St. Walburg, was a collegiate church that belonged to the Teutonic Knights and vanished after the Reformation while the other church, the St. Maarten, became Protestant. Much of the historic centre was destroyed during the Second World War.

Every year, on the third Saturday in September, a festival known as Fruitcorso is held to celebrate the fruit harvest from the Betuwe area. On this day, a parade of wagons, decorated with fruit, travels through the city. Appelpop is a free, two-day music event that is held yearly on the second Friday and Saturday of September.

Tiel has also been known for its pewter industry. The last pewter factory and museum, which mainly produced collectibles for tourists, went bankrupt in early 2004, but has since been revived.

Notable people, born in Tiel

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General D H Chassé, 1832

Public service

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Mary Dresselhuys, 1982

The arts

Sport

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Wilma van Velsen, 1984

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References

  1. ↑ "Burgemeester en wethouders" [Mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Tiel. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Postcodetool for 4001MV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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