Kotten

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| name = Kotten

| settlement_type = Hamlet

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = Geessinkweg_kotten.JPG

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| image_caption = Geessinkweg in Kotten

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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 = Winterswijk

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7107AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 14 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 42

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| area_total_km2 = 11.33

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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=14 April 2022 |quote=two entries}}

| population_total = 650

| 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 = 7107

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0543

| coordinates = {{coord|51|57|N|6|46|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}

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Kotten is a hamlet in the municipality of Winterswijk, in the Netherlands.

It was first mentioned in 1302 as Katen or Koten, and means "little farms/houses".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/kotten |title=Kotten - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=14 April 2022 |language=nl}}

Kotten was home to 677 people in 1840. Kotten always had good relations with neighbouring {{ill|Oeding|nl||de|Oeding (Südlohn)}} in Germany and both villages used to known for their smuggling activities.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/kotten |title=Kotten |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=14 April 2022 |language=nl}}