Wezep is a town in the municipality of

Oldebroek Oldebroek () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland. The municipality had a population of in . Population centres Topography ''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Oldebroek, June ...

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. Located in the province of

Gelderland Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...

, it had about 13,500 inhabitants in 2012.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. The Wezep railway station, located on the Utrecht–Zwolle railway, is the town's main landmark. The municipality's TV station is called LOCO TV.

Sports

Wezep has several sport clubs.

Notable residents

Jan Terlouw Jan Cornelis Terlouw (15 November 1931 – 16 May 2025) was a Dutch politician, physicist and author. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, he served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1981 to 1982 under Prime Minister Dries ...

(born 1931), physicist, author and politician *

Lana Wolf Lana Wolf (born 14 December 1975 in Wezep, Gelderland) is a musician and singer. She sang with many international artists, among which are The Trammps, George McCrae, Londonbeat, Frans Bauer, René Froger, Gerard Cox and Linda, Roos and Jessica a ...

(born 1975), singer

Economy

The

Plukon Food Group Plukon Food Group is an internationally active corporate group in the meat industry. It is one of the largest processors of poultry meat in Europe. In 2019, Plukon was the second largest chicken processor in the EU, as well as 16th in the worl ...

, one of the largest poultry meat companies in Europe, has its

headquarters Headquarters (often referred to as HQ) notes the location where most or all of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. The term is used in a wide variety of situations, including private sector corporations, non-profits, mil ...

in Wezep.

Gallery

File:Altena Steenhandel baksteencode-134-11K - panoramio.jpg, House in Wezep File:Kruiskerk Wezep.jpg, Church in Wezep File:Wezep, dorpskantoor-kantoorgebouw foto2 2015-06-15 11.11.jpg, Village house File:Ouderdag Wezep Onder Officieren School Lucht en Landmacht, Bestanddeelnr 904-8623.jpg, Demonstration of non-commissioned officer school (1951)

References

* CMV De Eendracht

External links

Populated places in Gelderland Oldebroek {{Gelderland-geo-stub