West Betuwe is a
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
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
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 ...
.
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
Geldermalsen () is a town and former municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.
Town of Geldermalsen
The town centre of Geldermalsen contains a two-aisled Gothic church dating from the 15th century, with a Romanesque tower ...
,
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.
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,
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 ...
.
Topography
Notable people
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Dirk Willems
Dirk Willems (died 16 May 1569; also spelled Durk Willems) was a Dutch martyred Anabaptist who is most famous for escaping from prison but then turning back to rescue his pursuer—who had fallen through thin ice while chasing Willems—to then ...
(born in Asperen - died 1569) a Dutch martyred
Anabaptist
Anabaptism (from New Latin language, Neo-Latin , from the Greek language, Greek : 're-' and 'baptism', german: Täufer, earlier also )Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term (translation: "Re- ...
*
Cornelius Jansen
Cornelius Jansen (, ; Latinized name Cornelius Jansenius; also Corneille Jansen; 28 October 1585 – 6 May 1638) was the Dutch Catholic bishop of Ypres in Flanders and the father of a theological movement known as Jansenism.
Biography
He wa ...
(1585 in Acquoy – 1638) the Catholic
Bishop of Ypres
The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Ypres, in present-day Belgium, existed from 1559 to 1801. Its seat was Saint Martin's Cathedral in Ypres. In 1969 it was reconstituted as a titular see.
History
The diocese was originally part of the Diocese ...
, father of
Jansenism
Jansenism was an early modern theological movement within Catholicism, primarily active in the Kingdom of France, that emphasized original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine grace, and predestination. It was declared a heresy by t ...
*
Johannes, Count van den Bosch (1780 in Herwijnen – 1844) an officer and politician;
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
The governor-general of the Dutch East Indies ( nl, gouverneur-generaal van Nederlands Indië) represented Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies between 1610 and Dutch recognition of the independence of Indonesia in 1949. Occupied by Japanese fo ...
1830–1833
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Jan Karel van den Broek Jan Karel van den Broek (4 April 1814, Herwijnen, Gelderland – 23 May 1865) was a Dutch physician based at Nagasaki, in Bakumatsu period Japan. While in Japan, he briefly taught medicine, chemistry and photography.
Early life
Jan Karel van ...
(1814 in Herwijnen – 1865) a physician based at Nagasaki, in
Bakumatsu
was the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended. Between 1853 and 1867, Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the modern empire of the Meiji government ...
*
Otto Willem Arnold baron van Verschuer (1927 in Beesd – 2014) a Dutch politician
Sport
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Jan Kleyn
Jan Kleyn (18 April 1925 – 1 April 2009) was a Dutch sprinter. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport eve ...
(1925 in Asperen – 2009) a sprinter, competed at the
1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
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Hendrik Pieter de Jongh
Hendrik Pieter de Jongh (born 8 December 1970) is a Dutch football manager who has coached several professional football clubs around the world including Budapest Honvéd, Kenyan Premier League side A.F.C. Leopards and F.C. Cape Town. De Jong ...
(born 1970 in Asperen) a football manager and former player
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Léon van Bon
Léon Hendrik Jan van Bon (born 28 January 1972) is a retired road racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the men's points race at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He won his first major race at the profess ...
(born 1972 in Asperen) a retired road racing cyclist, silver medallist at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
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Selma Poutsma
Selma Poutsma (born 14 May 1999) is Dutch short track speed skater who previously competed for France.
Biography
In 2014 Poutsma moved to France and competed for the French short track speed skating team, winning the bronze medal in the relay a ...
(born 1999) from Deil, a speed skater and gold medallist at the
2022 Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...
Gallery
File:Gellicum, de Onze Lieve Vrouwe Geboortekerk RM16506 IMG 9448 2021-06-13 16.34.jpg, Gellicum, church: the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Geboortekerk
File:Herwijnen - Radar Luchtverkeersleiding (01).JPG, Herwijnen, Radar
File:Deil, de Hervormde kerk RM16496 tm RM16498 foto2 2016-10-05 11.42.jpg, Deil, reformed church
File:Deil, molen de Vlinder RM16495 IMG 9458 2021-06-13 17.18.jpg, Deil, windmill: molen de Vlinder
File:Ophemert, dorpszicht vanaf de Waalbandijk met de Hervormde kerk RM30353 IMG 3509 2018-05-20 12.21.jpg, Ophemert, view to the village
File:Acquoy, de Scheve toren van de Hervormde kerk RM16489 IMG 9443 2021-06-13 15.59.jpg, Acquoy, church
File:Beesd, Kerk de Heilige Kruisverheffing RM16471 IMG 9454 2021-06-13 16.54.jpg, Beesd, church
File:Varik, korenmolen de Bol RM30360 IMG 3517 2018-05-20 12.49.jpg, Varik, windmill
File:Nieuwe Zuiderlingedijk Keersluisje 2.JPG, Nieuwe Zuiderlingedijk Keersluisje
File:Water level recording shed.jpg, Water level recording shed
References
External links
Municipalities of Gelderland
Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2019
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