West Betuwe

Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°17′E / 51.88°N 5.28°E / 51.88; 5.28CountryNetherlandsProvinceGelderlandEstablished1 January 2019Government • BodyMunicipal council • MayorServass Stoop (SGP)Area • Total229.12 km² (88.46 sq mi) • Land216.12 km² (83.44 sq mi) • Water13.00 km² (5.02 sq mi)Population • Total50,958 • Density220/km² (580/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Websitewww.westbetuwe.nl

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 January 1, 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

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  Gellicum, church: the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Geboortekerk
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  Herwijnen, Radar
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  Deil, reformed church
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  Deil, windmill: molen de Vlinder
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  Ophemert, view to the village
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  Acquoy, church
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  Beesd, church
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  Varik, windmill
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  Nieuwe Zuiderlingedijk Keersluisje
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  Water level recording shed

References

External links

Media related to West Betuwe at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website