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| The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Vuren in the municipality of Lingewaal. |
Vuren () is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Gelderland ( English also Guelders) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country It is a part of the municipality of Lingewaal, and lies about 5 km east of Gorinchem. Lingewaal is a Municipality in the middle of the Netherlands. Gorinchem ( also called Gorkum ( is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.
Vuren was a separate municipality until 1986, when it merged with Asperen, Herwijnen, and Heukelum including Spijk. Spijk ( is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Lingewaal, and lies about 3 km northeast of Gorinchem The new municipality was originally called "Vuren", but the name changed to "Lingewaal" in 1987. Before 1816, the municipality of Vuren was named "Dalem". Dalem may refer to Dalem (Netherlands Dalem Moselle, a commune of the Moselle department in France [1]
In 2001, the village of Vuren had 1575 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0. 47 km², and contained 608 residences. [2] The statistical area "Vuren", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 2090. [3]