Staverden

{{Infobox settlement |name = Staverden |settlement_type = City |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Netherlands |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Gelderland |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = Ermelo |area_total_km2 = |population_total = 30 |population_as_of = 2016 |population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web| url = http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=83487ned&D1=0-1,3-4,11,31,33-35,77,80,90,93,99,101,104&D2=4935&VW=T |title = CBS Statline}}</ref> |population_density_km2 = 13 |website = |image_shield = |coordinates = {{coord|52|17|11|N|5|44|17|E|region:NL|display=inline}} |image_skyline = Staverden kasteel.jpg |image_caption = Staverden Castle }} Staverden, the smallest city in the Netherlands|290px|left|thumb '''Staverden''' is a city in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Ermelo, about 5 kilometres east of Ermelo.<ref name='ANWB'>''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.</ref> It received city rights in 1298. With 30 inhabitants,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://statline.cbs.nl/Statweb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=83487ned&D1=0-1,3-4,11,31,33-35,77,80,90,93,99,101,104&D2=4935&VW=T |title = CBS Statline}}</ref> it is today the smallest place with that traditional title in the Netherlands. It is also officially the smallest city in the Low Countries.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://beleefstaverden.nl/de-kleinste-stad/de-kleinste-stad |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008133410/http://beleefstaverden.nl/de-kleinste-stad/de-kleinste-stad |archive-date=2013-10-08 |title=De kleinste stad van de Benelux - Beleef Staverden}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in Gelderland Category:Cities in the Netherlands Category:Ermelo, Netherlands