Renkum is the name of a village in the municipality of Renkum.

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Renkum
Coordinates: 51°58′56″N 5°44′5″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	Renkum
Population  (01-05-2015)	9,245[1]

In the early days, the name of the village was written as Redinchem. In the 19th century, Renkum developed itself. There existed six paper mills, three water-cornmills and one water-oil mill. There were two factories, a treacle factory and a potato starch-flour factory.

During World War II, Renkum was involved in the Battle of Arnhem.[2][3][4]

Notable people from Renkum

• Derk Bolt (born 1955 in Renkum) a Dutch TV presenter, editor and producer [5]
• Kay van Dijk (born 1984 in Renkum) a Dutch volleyball player, competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Nol Hendriks (1937, born in Renkum), businessman and football executive
• Bjorn Stenvers (1972, grew up in Renkum), international museum director
• Xan de Waard (1995, born in Renkum), field hockey player
• Piet de Zwarte (1948, born in Renkum), water polo player

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