West Betuwe

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West Betuwe
Municipality
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Geldermalsen
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Coat of arms
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Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 51°53′N5°17′E / 51.88°N 5.28°E / 51.88; 5.28
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Established1 January 2019
Government
 • Body Municipal council
 •  Mayor Servass Stoop (SGP)
Area
[1]
 • Total229.12 km2 (88.46 sq mi)
 • Land216.12 km2 (83.44 sq mi)
 • Water13.00 km2 (5.02 sq mi)
Population
 (July 2019) [2]
 • Total50,958
 • Density220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website www.westbetuwe.nl OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

West Betuwe is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. West Betuwe had 51.948 inhabitants on 1 January 2022.

Contents

The municipality was formed on January 1, 2019, by the merger of the municipalities Geldermalsen, Neerijnen, Lingewaal.

Topography

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Dutch topographic map of the municipality of West Betuwe, 2018

Notable people

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Johannes van den Bosch, 1829


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  2. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Jansen, Cornelius"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911.

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