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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Valburg
| settlement_type         = [[Village]]
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| native_name_lang        = nl
| image_skyline           = Image:Valburg, kerk2 foto2 2011-05-02 10.35.jpg
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| image_caption           = Valburg, catholic church Jacobuskerk
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| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gelderland]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Overbetuwe]]
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| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6675AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 24 March 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 9
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| area_total_km2          = 9.90
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 1,895
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
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| postal_code             = 6675<ref name="stat"/>
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| area_code               = 0488
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| coordinates             = {{coord|51|54|40|N|5|47|21|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}
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'''Valburg''' is a village in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[Gelderland]]. It is located in the municipality of [[Overbetuwe]], about 10&nbsp;km northwest of [[Nijmegen]].

Valburg was a separate municipality until 2001, when it became part of Overbetuwe.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>

== History ==
It was first mentioned in 792 or 793 as "in uilla Falburcmarca", and means "the castle of Falho (person)".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/valburg |title=Valburg - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=24 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The eastern side of the village developed into an ''[[esdorp]]''. The Dutch Reformed Church dates from the 14th century with a 13th-century tower. It has been restored between 1968 and 1971.<ref name="monument">{{cite web|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu05_01/sten009monu05_01_0203.php |title=Valburg |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9406 3 |language=nl |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> The [[grist mill]] Nieuw Leven was built in 1750 and restored in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=278 |title=Nieuw Leven |website=Molen database|access-date=24 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> In 1840, it was home to 688 people.<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/valburg |title=Valburg |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=24 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Valburg, de Hervormde kerk RM36722 IMG 8566 2021-03-24 16.15.jpg|Valburg, Dutch Reformed church
Image:Valburg, molen Nieuw Leven RM36725 IMG 3989 2018-06-06 09.22.jpg|Valburg, windmill: Nieuw Leven
File:Valburg, de Betuwelijn vanaf het spoorviadukt IMG 4003 2018-06-06 09.34.jpg|Valburg, the Betuwelijn from the railway viaduct
File:Valburg-molenstraat-molenhoekplein.JPG|House in Valburg
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{Dutch municipality Overbetuwe}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2001]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Gelderland]]
[[Category:Overbetuwe]]


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