Beuningen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbøːnɪŋə(n)] (listen)) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality consists of the towns Beuningen, Ewijk, Winssen and Weurt. 1.5 kilometres (1 mi) to the north lies the river Waal
Beuningen | |
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Municipality | |
Beuningen town hall | |
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![]() Location in Gelderland | |
Coordinates: 51°52′N 5°47′E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Gelderland |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Daphne Bergman (acting) (D66) |
Area | |
• Total | 47.09 km2 (18.18 sq mi) |
• Land | 43.65 km2 (16.85 sq mi) |
• Water | 3.44 km2 (1.33 sq mi) |
Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
Population (January 2019)[4] | |
• Total | 25,882 |
• Density | 593/km2 (1,540/sq mi) |
Demonym | Beuninger |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 6550–6551, 6640–6645 |
Area code | 024, 0487 |
Website | www |
Beuningen lies adjacent to the A73 (Nijmegen-Venlo, on the south side) and A50 (Zwolle-Eindhoven, in the west) motorway interchange. East of Beuningen lies the city Nijmegen. Beuningen had a population of 25,882 in 2019. There is a restored windmill in the town, De Haag.
The area in and around Beuningen was inhabited by the Romans. There are regularly excavations done in which Roman rests are found. In the 15th century there stood a small castle: Blanckenburgh. It was probably destroyed during the Eighty Years' War by Maurice of Orange. Until about 1900 Beuningen was a poor farmers village, often struck by floods. Nevertheless, there were a few rich families, mostly farmers with a lot of land, who paid the highest tax in the area. On January 1st 1818 the municipality annexed town Weurt in the East and July 1st 1980 the town Ewijk on the West.
Nowadays Beuningen has grown to a suburb of Nijmegen, with a lot of new neighbourhoods.
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Beuningen, June 2015.
There are several monuments in Beuningen. Here are a few (in chronological order):
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List of cities, towns and villages in Gelderland |
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