Doetinchem (Low Saxon: Deutekem) is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It stands on the Oude IJssel (Old IJssel) river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek . The municipality has 56,700 inhabitants (1 January 2005) and has a area of 79.66 kmē (of which 1.50 kmē is water). This makes Doetinchem the largest town (by population) in the Achterhoek. On 1 January 2005, a municipal reorganization merged the neighbouring municipality of Wehl into Doetinchem.