Ugchelen

Ugchelen is part of the municipality of Apeldoorn in the Gelderland province of the Netherlands, and is today seen as a neighbourhood of Apeldoorn.

Ugchelen is located South West of Apeldoorn and has about 7000 inhabitants. Like Apeldoorn, the old village thanked its growth to the paper industry, it had a total of 11 watermills. In 1958 a 70-meter high transmission tower was built, the Zendstation Ugchelen. In 2006 it received a new water mill called The Bouwhof Mill.

The most important hospital in the region, Gelre hospital, is located next to Ugchelen.

Notable people

 * Robin Linschoten, politician (VVD) (born 17 April 1956 in Ugchelen)
 * Peter Bosz, manager with Olympique Lyonnais and ex-trainer of AGOVV Apeldoorn and ex-professional soccer player with Feyenoord (born 21 November 1963 in Apeldoorn)
 * Medy van der Laan, politician (D66) (born 14 August 1968 in Spijkenisse)
 * Jan Kromkamp, professional soccer player with PSV (born 17 August 1980 in Makkinga)
 * Jaime Bruinier, professional soccer player with AGOVV (born 28 June 1987 in Ugchelen)