Rijnwaarden

Former municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

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Location in Gelderland

Coordinates: 51°52′N 6°7′E / 51.867°N 6.117°E / 51.867; 6.117CountryNetherlandsProvinceGelderlandMunicipalityZevenaarEstablished1985Area

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• Total48.08 km² (18.56 sq mi) • Land39.84 km² (15.38 sq mi) • Water8.24 km² (3.18 sq mi)Elevation

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15 m (49 ft)Population

• TotalIncluded with Zevenaar^[1]Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postcode

6910–6917

Area code0316Websitewww.rijnwaarden.nl

Rijnwaarden (Dutch pronunciation: [rɛiɱˈʋaːrdə(n)] ^ⓘ) was a municipality in the province of Gelderland, in the eastern Netherlands. The Rhine enters the Netherlands at its location. Rijnwaarden was merged into the municipality of Zevenaar on 1 January 2018.^[1]

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Map of the former municipality of Rijnwaarden, June 2015

References

^ ^a ^b "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2018". CBS (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 6915AH". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 17 July 2014.