Gaanderen

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| name = Gaanderen

| settlement_type = Village

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = Kerkstraat 70 -72 Gaanderen.jpg

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| image_caption = The church in Gaanderen

| image_flag = Ewijk_vlag.svg

| image_shield = Ewijk wapen.svg

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands

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| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gelderland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Doetinchem

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7011AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 13 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 15

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| area_total_km2 = 9.15

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| population_footnotes = {{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=13 April 2022}}

| population_total = 5,575

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 7011

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0315

| coordinates = {{coord|51|55|41|N|6|20|41|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}

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Gaanderen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Doetinchem. The number of inhabitants is around 5,575 (2020).[https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/maatwerk/2020/29/kerncijfers-wijken-en-buurten-2020 Kerncijfers Wijken en buurten_2020-1]

It was first mentioned around 1200 as de Gernere, and means "tapering land on a sandy ridge".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/gaanderen |title=Gaanderen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=13 April 2022 |language=nl}}

Gaanderen was home to 482 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/gaanderen |title=Gaanderen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=13 April 2022 |language=nl}} The St Martinus Church dates from 1913 and is a replacement of a 1854 church. The tower of the old church remained.