Arnhem

Arnhem (pronunciation ) (South Guelderish: Èrnem) is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands, and capital of province Gelderland. Arnhem is located on the river Lower Rhine and the St. Jansbeek, which was the source of the city's development. Arnhem has 142,634 residents (per January 1, 2007) and with that, is the second largest city of the province Gelderland, after Nijmegen (≈ 160,000) and is one of the 10 largest cities in the Netherlands. The municipality is part of the city region Arnhem-Nijmegen, a metropolitan area with 722,181 inhabitants.