Beltrum

Beltrum
Beltrum
Village
	Clery house in Beltum
	Coat of arms
	Beltrum Location in the province of Gelderland Beltrum Beltrum (Netherlands)
	Coordinates: 52°4′8″N 6°33′57″E / 52.06889°N 6.56583°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	Berkelland
Area
• Total	34.29 km2 (13.24 sq mi)
Elevation	19 m (62 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	2,830
• Density	83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7156
Dialing code	0544

Beltrum is a village in the region called Achterhoek in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

Religion

Most people of the village belong to the catholic parish 'Onze Lieve Vrouwe ten Hemelopneming' which was founded with the building of a parish church in 1853. Before they were mainly oriented at the catholic Calixtus church, the former catholic church in Groenlo.

Politics

Before the 18th century Beltrum was part of the Stad en Heerlijkheid of Borculo. From about 1795 until 1819 it was an independent municipality. After this short independent period it became a hamlet and part of Eibergen. Today Beltrum belongs to the municipality of Berkelland.

Sports

Sports in Beltrum is organized in community clubs. The biggest of them is the 'Sportcentrale VIOS', a federation of Beltrum sports clubs with member clubs that are active in soccer, gymnastics, handball, volleyball, table tennis or tug-of-war. Besides VIOS there is a tennis club and a sports rifle club. and there is a survival area.

Export products

Beneath the biggest wooden shoe factory of Europe, Beltrum's export products are dweilorkest Valse Loch and the coverrockband Aftershock. Beltrum is also famous by the yearly organized survival run in January with hundreds of competitors. And the annual Dahliacorso, on the first Sunday of September.

Gallery

Beltrum, church: Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming
Flower corso in Beltrum
Wooden shoe factory

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 7156HA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [1]

[stat-1] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[AHN-2] "Postcodetool for 7156HA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

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