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Apeldoorn

City population
136,670
#17
in Netherlands
#3
in Gelderland
#4,168
worldwide
AmsterdamApeldoorn
52.210, 5.969 · 76 km from Amsterdam
City population
136,670
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Netherlands
#17
of 232 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#4,168
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Netherlands
0.8%
of the national population

About Apeldoorn

Apeldoorn is a city in Gelderland, Netherlands with a population of 136,670. It is the 17th largest of the 232 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Netherlands, and the 4,168th largest worldwide. It lies 76 km from Amsterdam.

Position in Netherlands
#17of 232
LargestSmallest
Position in Gelderland
#3of 34
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Rank in region
#3of 34
Distance to capital
to Amsterdam
Elevation
12 m
Time zone
Europe/Amsterdam
Coordinates
52.210, 5.969
Record updated
2019-09-05
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.

Nearby Cities

All 232 in Netherlands

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

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