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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Wijchen
| settlement_type         = [[List of cities in the Netherlands by province|City]] and [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Wijchen, kasteel Wijchen RM39629 foto7 2016-04-20 10.08.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Wijchen castle
| image_flag              = Flag of Wijchen.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Wijchen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0296 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Wijchen in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|48|N|5|44|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gelderland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.wijchen.nl/gemeente/gemeentelijke-organisatie/college/Samenstelling-college
 |title = Samenstelling college
 |trans-title = Members of the board
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Wijchen
 |access-date = 11 June 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = SP - Socialist Party
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Renske Helmer-Englebert
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Wijchen}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Wijchen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Wijchen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 6602DE
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 11 June 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 9
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Wijchen}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Wijchen}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Wijchenaar
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 6600–6606, 6613–6617, 6634
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 024, 0486, 0487
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.wijchen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
[[File:2013-Wijchen.jpg|270px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Wijchen, July 2013'']]
'''Wijchen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈʋixə(n)|-|Nl-Wijchen.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the province of [[Gelderland]], in the eastern part of the [[Netherlands]].

== Population centres ==
Number of residents per population centre per 12 December 2009:
{| class="toccolours" style="margin: 0 2em 0 2em;"
|Wijchen||32,904
|-
|Alverna|| align="right" |2,405
|-
|[[Balgoij]]||align="right"|779
|-
|[[Batenburg]]||align="right"|691
|-
|[[Bergharen]]||align="right"|1,779
|-
|[[Hernen]]||align="right"|820
|-
|[[Leur, Wijchen|Leur]]||align="right"|130
|-
|[[Niftrik]]||align="right"|570
|}
<small>Source: Statistics Netherlands{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}</small>

The population centre Woezik (3,820 residents on 1 January 2005) and the township Laak are statistically included in Wijchen.

== Neighbourhoods ==
Neighbourhoods in Wijchen include:
*Centre: Kloosterakker
*Wijchen-Oost: Valendries, Oosterweg and Uilenboom.
*Woezik: Veenhof and Saltshof.
*Wijchen-Noord.
*Achterlo: Homberg, Heilige Stoel and Kraaijenberg.
*Wijchen-West: Blauwe Hof and Aalsburg.
*Wijchen-Zuid: Abersland, Diepvoorde, Huissteden, Hoogmeer, De Ververt, De Geer, Elsland, De Weertjes, De Grippen, Zesakkers, Zevendreef, Sluiskamp, Oudelaan, and Kronenland.
*Kerkeveld: De Gamert, De Meren, Diemenwei, De Flier, De Lingert.
*Huurlingsedam.

Streets in most neighbourhoods are numbered instead of named. This is not common practice in the Netherlands, therefore the street numbers are included in the [[house numbering]]. E.g. someone living in Abersland, 11th street, house #05 will usually use Abersland 1105 in his address.

==Wijchen Castle (town hall) ==
[[File:2024-08-11 Kasteel Wijchen binnen 29.jpg|thumb|Room in the castle used for town council meetings]]
Parts of Wijchen Castle (''Kasteel Wijchen'' in Dutch) date from the 14th century, but it took its current [[Mannerism|Mannerist]] form in the years 1609&ndash;1629. It is surrounded by a [[moat]] and used to serve as the town hall. Currently, the town hall is down the road, while the castle is only used for important meetings.<ref>Stenvert, R. et al. (2000), ''Monumenten in Nederland: Gelderland'', p. 332&ndash;333. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers. {{ISBN|90-400-9406-3}}.</ref> It is also used as a wedding location.

== Notable residents ==
[[File:Roy Makaay 001.jpg|140px|thumb|Roy Makaay, 2007]]
[[File:Swacq-1573570310.jpg|140px|thumb|SWACQ, DJ]]
* [[Ine Lamers]] (born 1954) photographer and video installation artist
* [[Ronald van der Kemp]] (born 1964) fashion designer
* Arjen Thonen (born 1992) DJ and music producer better known as [[:nl:SWACQ|SWACQ<sup>[NL]</sup>]]

=== Sport ===
* [[Fred Rutten]] (born 1962) a football coach and a former footballer with 317 caps
* [[Ralf Elshof]] (born 1962) cyclist, competed at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Roy Makaay]] (born 1975) football manager and former footballer with 526 caps
* [[Claudia van Thiel]] (born 1977) volleyball player, competed at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Lieke Klaus]] (born 1989) BMX racer
* [[Joel Piroe]] (born 1999) footballer, Leeds United

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Wijchen, kunstwerk bij het Laantje foto8 2015-12-09 14.21.jpg|Wijchen, Lourdes cave near het Laantje
File:Wijchen, de Oude Molen RM39628 IMG 3334 2020-03-17 15.24.jpg|Wijchen, windmill: de Oude Molen
File:Wijchen, moderne woonpanden op kerkplein foto2 2011-03-08 15.31.jpg|Wijchen, modern living appartements on the church square
File:Wijchen (Gld, NL) church.JPG|Wijchen, catholic church
File:Standbeeld Emilia van Nassau, Wijchen (Gld, NL).JPG|Wijchen, Statue: Emilia van Nassau 
File:Sculpture Zonneveld (Wijchen, Gld, NL), panorama two photos.jpg|Wijchen, sculpture: Zonneveld
File:Sculpture De Tafel, Wijchen (Gld, NL).JPG|Wijchen, sculpture: De Tafel
File:Wijchen, keramiek-Waar het oog al is, wil de voet naar toe foto14 2016-04-20 09.55.jpg|Wijchen, ceramic:  The foot wants to go where you already find the eye
File:Batenburg, de Sint Victorkerk RM8718 foto3 2015-12-09 11.51.jpg|Batenburg, church: the Sint Victorkerk
File:Batenburg, restanten van kasteel Batenburg RM8725 foto10 2015-12-09 12.08.jpg|Batenburg, ruins
File:Batenburg, molen foto9 2011-01-16 13.48.jpg|Batenburg, windmill
File:Hernen, kasteel Hernen RM9318 IMG 4410 2020-04-11 10.47.jpg|Hernen, castle: kasteel Hernen
File:Niftrik, toren van de Rooms Katholieke kerk in dorpszicht RM39640 foto8 2016-04-20 10.48.jpg|Niftrik, churchtower in the village
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{Wikivoyage|Wijchen}}
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* {{Official website|http://www.wijchen.nl}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Wijchen
 | North     = [[Beuningen]]
 | East      = [[Nijmegen]]
 | Southeast = [[Heumen]]
 | South     = ''[[Meuse]]''<br/>[[Land van Cuijk]]{{space}}([[North Brabant|NB]])
 | Southwest = ''[[Meuse]]''<br/>[[Oss]]{{space}}([[North Brabant|NB]])
 | West      = [[West Maas en Waal]]
 | Northwest = [[Druten]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Wijchen}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Wijchen| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Gelderland]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]