Uil Eric Claus Laan van Leeuwenstein Geldermalsen

Geldermalsen () is a town and former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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 ...

in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

Town of Geldermalsen

The town centre of Geldermalsen contains a two-aisled

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church dating from the 15th century, with a Romanesque tower dating from the 13th century. The town contains two

windmill A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called windmill sail, sails or blades, specifically to mill (grinding), mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and ...

s: De Watermolen, which was built in 1772, and De Bouwing, which was built in 1848. Located in the east side there is a graveyard. Public high-school 'The Lingeborgh' is located in the west.

Former municipality of Geldermalsen

The municipality of Geldermalsen was formed on 1 January 1978, when the former municipalities of

Beesd Beesd is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 16 km west of Tiel. It is situated near the river Linge and has a railway station on the railway from Dordrecht to Gelderma ...

Buurmalsen Buurmalsen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 9 km west of Tiel. Part of the village is located in Buren. Buurmalsen was a separate municipality from 1818 to 1978, ...

Deil Deil is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 12 km west of Tiel. Deil was a separate municipality until 1978, when it became a part of Geldermalsen. On januari 2019 De ...

and Geldermalsen were combined. The municipality had an area of and was one of the largest municipalities in the

Betuwe Batavia (; , ) is a historical and geographical region in the Netherlands, forming large fertile islands in the river delta formed by the waters of the Rhine (Dutch: ''Rijn'') and Meuse (Dutch: ''Maas'') rivers. During the Roman empire, it was an ...

. The municipality had a population of in . On 1 January 2019 it merged with

Neerijnen Neerijnen () is a village and former municipality in the Netherlands. It is about south of Utrecht and some north of 's-Hertogenbosch. On 1 January 2019, it merged with Geldermalsen and Lingewaal to form the new municipality of West Betuwe. ...

Lingewaal Lingewaal () is a former municipality of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2019, it merged with Geldermalsen and Neerijnen to form the new municipality of West Betuwe. Population centres *Asperen Asperen is a small city in the Dutch province of Ge ...

to form the new municipality

West Betuwe West Betuwe is a municipality in the Netherlands, 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, Li ...

. The river

Linge The Linge is a river in the Betuwe that is 99.8 km long, which makes it one of the longest rivers that flow entirely within the Netherlands. It starts near the village Doornenburg near the German border. A legend tells us that if there w ...

flows through the municipality and town of Geldermalsen.

Population centres

Acquoy Acquoy () is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about east of Gorinchem. According to popular legend a "Jan van Arkel" was the first to have settled the village of Acquoy, whe ...

Enspijk Enspijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 14km (8.69 miles) west of Tiel. Enspijk was first mentioned in 1148 as Inspic, and means promontory. The en (inwards) was add ...

* Geldermalsen *

Gellicum Gellicum is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 13 km east of Gorinchem. It was first mentioned in the 10th to 11th century Gallinghe(m), and means "settlement of the ...

Meteren Meteren is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 10 km west of Tiel. History It was first mentioned in 1133 as Methre. The etymology is unclear. The village develope ...

Rhenoy Rhenoy is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and is situated about 13 km east of Gorinchem, between Geldermalsen and Leerdam. History It was first mentioned in 1265 as tot Rynoey ...

* Rumpt *

Tricht Tricht is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 10 km west of Tiel. History It was first mentioned in 1108 as Treth, and means ferry (Latin: traiectus). Two centres d ...

Demographics

Ethnic composition of Geldermalsen in 2010: *

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: 91.7% *

Black Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have o ...

: 0.9% *

European European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...

: 4.5% *

Arabs The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Wester ...

: 1.4% * Other non-Western: 1.4%:

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