Deelen

{{Infobox settlement | name = Deelen | settlement_type = [[Hamlet (place)|Hamlet]] | other_name =  | native_name =  | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = File:Veluwe - 2015 - panoramio (65).jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Museum in Deelen | image_flag = | image_shield = | nickname = | motto = | pushpin_map = Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Gelderland]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Ede, Netherlands|Ede]] <br> [[Arnhem]] | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_party = | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6877AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 22 March 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = 86 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 29.75 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{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=22 March 2022|quote=Stats are for Ede only}}</ref> | population_total = 40 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]] | postal_code = 6877<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]] | area_code = 026 | coordinates = {{Coord|52|4|3|N|5|53|45|E|display=inline, title|region:NL_type:city}} }} '''Deelen''' is a hamlet in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province of [[Gelderland]]. It is largely in the municipality of [[Ede, Netherlands]], but a small part lies in the municipality of [[Arnhem]].<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/deelen |title=Deelen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=22 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

It was first mentioned in the 13th century as Deijle, and means "parcel of ground".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/deelen |title=Deelen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=22 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

Deelen is best known for the [[Deelen Air Base]], a military airfield close to the village. The airport was built in 1913 as a subsidiary of [[Soesterberg Air Base]]. During the German occupation, it was enlarged into a big airfield measuring {{convert|40|km2}}. There is a museum on the airbase dedicated to its history.<ref name="plaats"/>

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Deelen-hogedelenseweg-hout.JPG|Farm in Deelen File:Alouette 3 KLu (23245029660).jpg|[[Aérospatiale Alouette III|Alouette 3]] at Deelen Air Base </gallery>

== References == {{RefList}}

[[Category:Ede, Netherlands]] [[Category:Arnhem]] [[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]