Lent is a neighbourhood of

Nijmegen Nijmegen ( , ; Nijmeegs: ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the ninth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River close to the German border, Nijmegen is one of the oldest cities in the ...

and former village in the

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province of

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. It is located in the municipality of Nijmegen, about 2 km north of that city, on the north bank of the

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History

The village was first mentioned in 1196 as in Lente. The etymology is unclear. The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1329. The tower was added in 1886. Lent was home to 1,171 people in 1840. Lent was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with Elst.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. In 1998, it was merged into

. The population at the time of merger was about 3,000 people, however it almost quadrupled in 20 years due to neighbourhoods being built in Lent.

Gallery

File:Nijmegen-Lent, de Maria Geboortekerk RM522954 IMG 2950 2019-11-30 11.15.jpg, Lent, church: the Maria Geboortekerk File:Citadel College Griftdijk, Griftdijk Noord 9A, Nijmegen.jpg, School in Lent File:Lent-Nijmegen.jpg, Village view File:Lent Oasisstraat Nijmegen.jpg, New neighbourhood

References

External links

Official site Nijmegen
Populated places in Gelderland Former municipalities of Gelderland Nijmegen {{Gelderland-geo-stub