West Betuwe
West Betuwe | |
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 Geldermalsen | |
 Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Gelderland | |
| Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°17′E / 51.88°N 5.28°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Established | 1 January 2019 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Harry Keereweer |
| 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 |
West Betuwe is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland.
The municipality was formed on January 1, 2019, by the merger of the municipalities Geldermalsen, Neerijnen, Lingewaal.
Topography
Notable people
- 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]
- Willem Jacob van de Graaf (1736/1737 in Huissen - 1804) the 35th Governor of Ceylon
- 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
- Syb Talma (1864 in Angeren – 1916) a Dutch politician
- Gys van Beek (1919 in Angeren – 2015) a Dutch-American inventor and member of the Dutch resistance
- Otto Willem Arnold baron van Verschuer (1927 in Beesd – 2014) a Dutch politician
- Joop Puntman (1934 in Haalderen – 2013) a Dutch ceramist and sculptor
- Thomas van Aalten (born 1978 in Huissen) a Dutch writer
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
- Erwin van de Looi (born 1972 in Huissen) a Dutch football manager of the Netherlands national under-21 football team and former player with 214 club caps
- Stijn Schaars (born 1984 in Gendt) a Dutch former professional footballer with 315 club caps
Gallery
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Waardenburg, windmill -
Meteren, reformed church -
Herwijnen - Radar Luchtverkeersleiding -
Deil, reformed church -
Ophemert, view to the village -
Varik, windmill -
Nieuwe Zuiderlingedijk Keersluisje -
Water level recording shed
.JPG)
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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