Berg en Dal (literally in English: ''Mountain and Valley'') is a municipality in the eastern

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, in the province of

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

. It was formed through a merger of the municipalities of

Groesbeek Groesbeek () is a town and former municipality in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. In January 2015 the former municipality merged with Millingen aan de Rijn and Ubbergen. The larger area was known as Groesbeek until January 2016, when ...

Millingen aan de Rijn Millingen aan de Rijn () is a former municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Ne ...

and

Ubbergen Ubbergen () is village and former municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. The village is part of the municipality of Berg en Dal (formerly known as Groesbeek). Notable people Notable people who were born in Ubberge ...

in 2015. The resulting larger municipality maintained the name of Groesbeek until 2016, when it was renamed to Berg en Dal after the village of Berg en Dal. Berg en Dal has about 34,714 inhabitants and covers an area of about 93 km². The municipality borders in the north on the

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river and the Bijlands Kanaal, in the east on the German forest of the Reichswald, in the south on the province of

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, in the southwest on the forest of the Mookerheide (also Limburg), and in the west on the city of

Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...

. Berg en Dal is slightly hilly with altitudes reaching the 75 meters, like the

Duivelsberg (german: Wylerberg or , which literally translates to 'the devil's mountain') is a hill and nature reserve in the municipality of in the Dutch province of Gelderland, near the border with Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia). It is politically signi ...

. The

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crosses the municipality on the 3rd day (''Day of Groesbeek'').

Population centres

Politics

The municipal council exists of 23 members, which are divided as follows: * CDA, 3 seats * Groesbeekse Volkspartij (GVP), 3 seats * Voor Openheid en een Leefbaar Groesbeek (VOLG), 3 seats * Combinatie'90 (C'90), 2 seats * Gemeente-, Jeugd- en Sportbelangen (GJS), 2 seats *

GroenLinks GroenLinks (, ) is a green political party in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, the Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and t ...

, 2 seats * PvdA, 2 seats * Sociaal Groesbeek, 2 seats * Voor Berg en Dal (VBenD), 2 seats * D66 Berg en Dal, 1 seat *

VVD The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( nl, Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie ; VVD) is a Conservative liberalism, conservative-liberalRudy Andeweg, Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin ''Politics and Governance in the Netherlands'', Basingsto ...

, 1 seat CDA, Groesbeekse Volkspartij (GVP), Voor Openheid en een Leefbaar Groesbeek (VOLG), Combinatie'90 (C'90), Gemeente-, Jeugd- en Sportbelangen (GJS), and Voor Berg en Dal (VBenD) have formed a coalition. The municipal executive consists of mayor Mark Slinkman (CDA) and four aldermen (1 CDA, 1 GVP, 1 C'90, 1 VOLG).

Notable people

Anthony Van Egmond Anthony Van Egmond (born Antonij Jacobi Willem Gijben, 10 March 17785 January 1838) was purportedly a Dutch Napoleonic War veteran. He became one of the first settlers and business people in the Huron Tract in present-day southwestern Ontario Ca ...

(1778 in Groesbeek – 1838) a Dutch Napoleonic War veteran and settler in

southwestern Ontario Southwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It occupies most of the Ontario Peninsula bounded by Lake Huron, including Georgian Bay, to the north and northwest; the St. Clair River, Lake St. ...

Sebastiaan Tromp Sebastiaan Peter Cornelis Tromp (16 March 1889 – 8 February 1975) was a Dutch Jesuit priest, theologian, and Latinist, who is best known for assisting Pope Pius XII in his theological encyclicals, and Pope John XXIII in the preparation fo ...

(1889 in Beek – 1975) a Dutch Jesuit priest, theologian and Latinist *

Dries van Agt Andreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt (; born 2 February 1931) is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of t ...

(born 1931 in Geldrop) a retired Dutch politician,

Prime Minister of the Netherlands The prime minister of the Netherlands ( nl, Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands. Although the monarch is the ''de jure'' head of government, the prime minister ''de facto'' ...

1977 to 1982 * Baron

Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst Baron Berend-Jan Marie van Voorst tot Voorst (born 7 February 1944) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. Van Voorst tot Voorst worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Foreig ...

(born 1944 in Beek) a retired Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist * Constantijn Kortmann (1944 in Groesbeek – 2016) a Dutch professor of constitutional law * Marie-Claire ''"Amber"'' Cremers (born 1969 in Ubbergen) a Dutch-born German singer/songwriter * Sharon Gesthuizen (born 1976) a Dutch politician and trade unionist, grew up in Millingen aan de Rijn *

Bas Eickhout Bas Eickhout (born 8 October 1976) is a Dutch politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since the 2009 elections. He is a member of the GreenLeft, part of the European Green Party. Education and early career Eickhout a ...

(born 1976 in Groesbeek) a Dutch politician and

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

Sport

Peter Arntz Peter Arntz (born 5 February 1953 in Leuth, Gelderland) is a Dutch retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Arntz came through the famous Go Ahead Eagles youth system and made his debut for their senior team in February 1971 a ...

(born 1953 in Leuth) a Dutch retired football midfielder with 411 club caps * Jan Peters (born 1954 in Groesbeek) a retired footballer with 380 club caps *

Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn, (born 6 February 1967 in Beek (Ubbergen)) is a Dutch cyclo-cross racer. She has won seven races during her career, one of those being the Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championship in 1995. During other Dutch Nationals she w ...

(born 1967 in Beek) a Dutch cyclo-cross racer *

Yelmer Buurman Yelmer Evert Frans Buurman (born 19 February 1987) is a Dutch professional racing driver. He was 3rd in the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2013, and second in the FIA GT1 Championship in 2012. Besides achieving victories in those categories, also ...

(born 1987 in Ubbergen) a Dutch professional racing driver *

Jasper Cillessen Jacobus Antonius Peter Johannes "Jasper" Cillessen (born 22 April 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club NEC and the Netherlands national team. Cillessen joined NEC's youth team in 2001, making hi ...

(born 1989) a Dutch professional football goalkeeper, 52 caps for the

Netherlands national football team The Netherlands national football team ( nl, Nederlands voetbalelftal or simply ''Het Nederlands elftal'') has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The men's national team is controlled by the Royal Du ...

, grew up in Groesbeek

Gallery

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References

External links

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Official website Berg en Dal
Municipalities of Gelderland Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2016 {{Gelderland-geo-stub