Asperen

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Asperen

Total population

3,120

Coordinates51.88°, 5.11°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Asperen is a small city in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 10 km east of Gorinchem on the river Linge. It received city rights in 1313.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Johannes van den Bosch

Dutch general and statesman (1780–1844)

Margot Warnsinck

Dutch writer (1909–1952)

Mark van Andel

Dutch writer

Cornelis van Arendonk

Dutch scholar of Arabic and islam (1881-1946)

M

Marinus van der Stoep

Jaap Cramer

Dutch politician (1899-1998)

Marianne Dommisse

Dutch photographer (1927–2014)

Cornelis Vervoorn

Dutch lawyer and politician (1883–1951)

C

Cornelis Viruly

Dutch sports shooter

J

Jan Karel van den Broek

Dutch physician

W

Wim Roma

Dutch singer

T

Teun Kloek

Dutch economist

Otto van Verschuer

Dutch politician (1927-2014)

J

Jozef Cornielje

Dutch politician (1924–2018)

A

Arie Frederik Nelis Lekkerkerker

Dutch minister, university professor and theologian (1913-1972)

G

Gerrit van Maaswaal

politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Gelderland

• Rhenoy
  1.9 mi away · pop. 805
• Gellicum
  1.9 mi away · pop. 325
• Rumpt
  2.8 mi away · pop. 880
• Enspijk
  4.4 mi away · pop. 565
• Hellouw
  4.7 mi away · pop. 1,015
• Nieuwaal
  5.8 mi away · pop. 760
• Culemborg
  7.2 mi away · pop. 27,864
• Meteren
  7.5 mi away · pop. 4,170
• Buurmalsen
  7.9 mi away · pop. 1,080
• Delwijnen
  8.3 mi away · pop. 355
• Est
  8.8 mi away · pop. 578
• Opijnen
  8.9 mi away · pop. 1,176

Browse all places in Gelderland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Asperen

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Southern Oak Bush-cricket

Meconema meridionale

Seen 2026-10-01

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-30

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2026-09-30

Vernal Shield Bug

Peribalus strictus

Seen 2026-09-30

turkey-tail

Trametes versicolor

Seen 2026-09-30

witch's butter

Tremella mesenterica

Seen 2026-09-30

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-09-30

Sun Fly

Helophilus pendulus

Seen 2026-09-30

White Saddle

Helvella crispa

Seen 2026-09-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers