Renkum

Renkum
Renkum
Municipality
	Renkum town hall
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Gelderland
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	vacant
Area
• Total	47.23 km2 (18.24 sq mi)
• Land	45.95 km2 (17.74 sq mi)
• Water	1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Elevation	51 m (167 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	31,417
• Density	684/km2 (1,770/sq mi)
Demonym	Renkumer
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6860–6874
Area code	026, 0317
Website	www.renkum.nl

Renkum (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of 31,417 in 2021 and has a land area of 45.95 km² (17.74 sq mi). Renkum is situated along the river Rhine. The municipality Renkum is part of the Stadsregio (English: City region) Arnhem-Nijmegen.

The surrounding of the municipality are mainly forest and river forelands. In the forest one can find tumulus of thousand years old. Findings from these tumulus can be seen in the Historic museum in Arnhem.^[5]

History

Renkum is more than thousand years old. In 1970 the thousand-year anniversary was celebrated. In the early days, the name was written as Redinchem. In the 19th century Renkum developed itself. There existed six paper mills, three water-cornmills and one water-oil mill. There were two factories, a treacle factory and a potato starch-flour factory. There was also a beer brewery and a tavern de Bok.

Nowadays there is still paper industry The company is Parenco B.V., acquired by H2 Equity Partners in 2012.

Population centres

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Renkum, June 2015.

Image gallery

Castle Grunsfort (1638)
Orange Nassau's Oord
Oldest existing church of the Netherlands (Oosterbeek)
War memorial in Oosterbeek

References

^ "Burgemeester" (in Dutch). Gemeente Renkum. Retrieved 15 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 6861GG". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ Historic museum Arnhem

External links

Media related to Renkum at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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[mayor_now-1] "Burgemeester" (in Dutch). Gemeente Renkum. Retrieved 15 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[2] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[AHN-3] "Postcodetool for 6861GG". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)

[4] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[5] Historic museum Arnhem

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