West Betuwe
Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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Location in Gelderland
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(July 2019)[2]
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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.
The municipality was formed on 1 January 2019 by the merger of the municipalities Geldermalsen, Neerijnen, Lingewaal.
Topography
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Notable people
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- 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
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.
- ^ "Jansen, Cornelius" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911.
External links
Media related to West Betuwe at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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