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Amerongen
Amerongen is a village in the central Netherlands ( Utrecht province) on the border of the Utrecht Hill Ridge. It lies about 7 km south west of Veenendaal (10.5 km by road).
The landscape rises from the flat water meadows of the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine) to the Utrecht Hill Ridge ("Utrechtse Heuvelrug"). The highest point in the western Netherlands is located 2 km east of the village. The Amerongense Berg (Amerongen Mountain) has a height of 69 metres above sea level.
Amerongen (surname)
(Van) Amerongen is a Dutch toponymic surname, meaning "from Amerongen". Notable people with the surname include:
- Gerard Amerongen (1914–2013), Canadian politician and lawyer
- Jerry Van Amerongen, American cartoonist
- Martin van Amerongen (1941–2012), Dutch journalist, publisher, and writer
- Otto Wolff von Amerongen (1918–2007), German businessman