Rhenen
Rhenen | |
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City and Municipality | |
The Cunera Church in Rhenen | |
Location in Utrecht | |
| Coordinates: 51°58′N 5°34′E / 51.967°N 5.567°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Géran Kaai, mayor (PvdA) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 43.76 km2 (16.90 sq mi) |
| • Land | 42.08 km2 (16.25 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Population (January 2021) | |
• Municipality | 20,203 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Rhenenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 3910–3922 |
| Area code | 0317, 0318 |
| Website | www |
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Rhenen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈreːnə(n)] ⓘ) is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands. The municipality also includes the villages of Achterberg, Remmerden and Elst. The town lies at a geographically interesting location, namely on the southernmost part of the chain of hills known as the Utrecht Hill Ridge (Utrechtse Heuvelrug), where this meets the river Rhine. Because of this Rhenen has a unique character with quite some elevation through town.
Directly to the east of the built-up area lies the Grebbeberg, a hill with a top elevation of about 50 metres (160 ft).