Ugchelen

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| name = Ugchelen

| settlement_type = Village and neighbourhood

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| image_caption = Church at Ugchelen

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gelderland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Apeldoorn

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Gelderland

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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 7339AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |date = 24 July 2019 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 19 March 2022 }}

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| area_total_km2 = 23.32

| 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=19 March 2022|quote=Three entries}}

| population_total = 3,860

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 7339

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 055

| coordinates = {{coord|52|11|7|N|5|56|27|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}

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Ugchelen is part of the municipality of Apeldoorn in the Gelderland province of the Netherlands, and is today seen as a village.

Ugchelen is located South West of Apeldoorn and has about 7000 inhabitants. Like Apeldoorn, the old village thanked its growth to the paper industry, it had a total of 11 watermills. In 1958 a 70-meter high transmission tower was built, the Zendstation Ugchelen.{{Cite news |date=1958-02-28 |title=Nederlands televisienet wordt steeds dichter: straalverbindingstoren bij Ugchelen weldra gereed |url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=MMKB15:000581050:mpeg21:p00007 |access-date=2024-02-13 |work=De Maasbode}} In 2006 it received a new water mill called The Bouwhof Mill.{{cite web|author=Gert Woutersen |url=http://www.ugchelen.org/ |title=Ugchelen, Nieuws en informatie uit Ugchelen en Ugchelense Organisaties en Verenigingen |publisher=Ugchelen.org |date=2021-03-13 |accessdate=2022-08-01}}

The most important hospital in the region, Gelre hospital, is located next to Ugchelen.

Notable people

Gallery

File:Kapel Caesarea.jpg|Caesarea chapel

File:Oude- of Altena Molen, Hoenderloseweg 145 - Ugchelen - 20211034 - RCE.jpg|Altena factory

File:Boskantoor 2013.jpg|Forest office

File:Leesterheide.jpg|Leesterheide

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