Renkum
Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands
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Renkum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛŋkəm] ⓘ) is a municipality and 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 of Renkum is part of the Stadsregio (English: City region) of Arnhem-Nijmegen.
Renkum | |
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Renkum town streetview with church tower in the background | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Gelderland | |
| Coordinates: 51°59′N 5°51′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Mrs. A.M.J. (Agnes) Schaap[2] |
| 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)[5] | |
• 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 |
The surroundings of the municipality are mainly forest and river forelands. In the forest are located tumuli dating back a thousand years. Items found in them can be viewed in the Historical Museum in Arnhem.[6]
History
Renkum is over a thousand years old. Its thousand-year anniversary was celebrated in 1970. In the early days, the name was written as Redinchem. In the 19th century Renkum underwent development, with six paper mills, three water-cornmills and one water-oil mill in operation. There were two factories, producing treacle and potato-starch flour. There was also a brewery and a tavern, de Bok.
Nowadays the town is home to the paper industry, the plant being operated by Parenco B.V., which was acquired by H2 Equity Partners in 2012.
Population centres
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Renkum, June 2015.
Notable people from Renkum
- Nol Hendriks (born 1937 in Renkum - 2017), businessman and football executive
- Frank Versteegh (born 1954 in Oosterbeek), aerobatics pilot
- Derk Bolt (born 1955 in Renkum), TV presenter, editor and producer [7]
- Lans Bovenberg (born 1958 in Oosterbeek), economist and academic
- Stephan Brenninkmeijer (born 1964 in Doorwerth), film director, screenwriter, and producer [8]
- Eric Corton (born 1969 in Oosterbeek), presenter, actor, author and DJ [9]
- Constant Kusters (born 1970 in Oosterbeek), politician
- Bjorn Stenvers (born 1972), international museum director, grew up in Renkum
- Marianne Thieme (born 1972), politician, author and animal rights activist; grew up in Renkum
- Esmée Denters (born 1988), singer and YouTube celebrity; grew up in Oosterbeek
Sport
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- Piet de Zwarte (born 1948 in Renkum), water polo player, bronze medallist at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Marion Bultman (born 1960, in Oosterbeek), sailor, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Ronald Koeman (born 1963), ex-footballer with 535 club caps, current coach of the Netherlands national football team, lived in Renkum
- Peter Hofstede (born 1967 in Oosterbeek), retired football striker with 370 club caps
- Albertino Essers (born 1969 in Oosterbeek), former professional darts player
- Rein Baart (born 1972 in Oosterbeek), former footballer with 254 club caps
- Kay van Dijk (born 1984 in Renkum), volleyball player, competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Xan de Waard (born 1995 in Renkum), field hockey player, silver medallist at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Image gallery
Castle Grunsfort (1638)
Orange Nassau's Oord
Oldest existing church in the Netherlands (Oosterbeek)
War memorial at Oosterbeek
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