for the former island Putten see Voorne-PuttenPutten (About this sound pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in Gelderland province in the middle of the Netherlands. It had a population of 24,148 in 2014. It is located in the coastal area of the old Zuiderzee (Southern Sea). To the east of Putten lies the Veluwe, the biggest national park of the Netherlands. To the north, east and west, Putten is surrounded by farmlands.