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

Ugchelen
Village and neighbourhood
Church at Ugchelen
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Coordinates: 52°11′7″N 5°56′27″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	Apeldoorn
Area [1]
• Total	23.32 km2 (9.00 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	26 m (85 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	3,860
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7339[1]
Dialing code	055

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 2006 it received a new water mill called The Bouwhof Mill.[3]

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

Notable people

• Robin Linschoten, politician (VVD) (born 17 April 1956 in Ugchelen)
• Peter Bosz, manager with Olympique Lyonnais and ex-trainer of AGOVV Apeldoorn and ex-professional soccer player with Feyenoord (born 21 November 1963 in Apeldoorn)
• Medy van der Laan, politician (D66) (born 14 August 1968 in Spijkenisse)
• Jan Kromkamp, professional soccer player with PSV (born 17 August 1980 in Makkinga)
• Jaime Bruinier, professional soccer player with AGOVV (born 28 June 1987 in Ugchelen)

Gallery

• 
  Caesarea chapel
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  Altena factory
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  Forest office
• 
  Leesterheide

References

External links

• Media related to Ugchelen at Wikimedia Commons
• Official site (in Dutch)