West Betuwe
West Betuwe is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. West Betuwe had 51.948 inhabitants on 1 January 2022.
West Betuwe | |
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 Geldermalsen | |
 Coat of arms | |
.svg.png.webp) Location in Gelderland | |
| Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°17′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Established | 1 January 2019 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Servass Stoop (SGP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 229.12 km2 (88.46 sq mi) |
| • Land | 216.12 km2 (83.44 sq mi) |
| • Water | 13.00 km2 (5.02 sq mi) |
| Population (July 2019)[2] | |
| • Total | 50,958 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The municipality was formed on January 1, 2019, by the merger of the municipalities Geldermalsen, Neerijnen, Lingewaal.
Topography
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of West Betuwe, 2018
Notable people
Johannes van den Bosch, 1829
- Dirk Willems (born in Asperen - died 1569) a Dutch martyred Anabaptist
- Cornelius Jansen (1585 in Acquoy – 1638) the Catholic Bishop of Ypres, father of Jansenism[3]
- Johannes, Count van den Bosch (1780 in Herwijnen – 1844) an officer and politician; Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1830–1833
- Jan Karel van den Broek (1814 in Herwijnen – 1865) a physician based at Nagasaki, in Bakumatsu
- Otto Willem Arnold baron van Verschuer (1927 in Beesd – 2014) a Dutch politician
Sport
- Jan Kleyn (1925 in Asperen – 2009) a sprinter, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Hendrik Pieter de Jongh (born 1970 in Asperen) a football manager and former player
- Léon van Bon (born 1972 in Asperen) a retired road racing cyclist, silver medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Selma Poutsma (born 1999) from Deil, a speed skater and gold medallist at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Gallery
Gellicum, church: the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Geboortekerk.JPG.webp)
Herwijnen, Radar
Deil, reformed church
Deil, windmill: molen de Vlinder
Ophemert, view to the village
Acquoy, church
Beesd, church
Varik, windmill
Nieuwe Zuiderlingedijk Keersluisje
Water level recording shed
References
- "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911.
External links
Media related to West Betuwe at Wikimedia Commons
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