Nieuw-Wehl
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Nieuw-Wehl is a small town in the eastern Netherland
Netherland
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s, about 10 km west of Doetinchem
Doetinchem
Doetinchem is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the Oude IJssel river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek . The municipality has 56,700 inhabitants and has an area of 79.66 km²...

. It has a population of about 500. Before 1 January 2005, it was part of the municipality of Wehl, along with neighboring village Wehl
Wehl
Wehl is a town in the eastern Netherlands, about 5 km west of Doetinchem.Wehl was a part of Prussia until 1808, when it was joined to the Netherlands. In those years it was officially a part of Zeddam. Wehl became an independent municipality in 1813, when it was given back to Prussia; in 1816,...

. After the division, Nieuw-Wehl joined the municipality of Doetinchem. In 1925, a Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
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church was built.
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