West Betuwe
Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands
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West Betuwe is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. West Betuwe had 51.948 inhabitants on 1 January 2022.
West Betuwe | |
|---|---|
Geldermalsen | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) 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 | 235.79/km2 (610.68/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The municipality was formed on 1 January 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]
- 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
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
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