en Beuningen

Beuningen
Beuningen
Municipality
	Beuningen town hall
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Gelderland
	Coordinates: 51°52′N 5°47′E / 51.867°N 5.783°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Daphne Bergman (acting) (D66)
Area
• Total	47.09 km2 (18.18 sq mi)
• Land	43.65 km2 (16.85 sq mi)
• Water	3.44 km2 (1.33 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	26,157
• Density	599/km2 (1,550/sq mi)
Demonym	Beuninger
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6550–6551, 6640–6645
Area code	024, 0487
Website	www.beuningen.nl

Beuningen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbøːnɪŋə(n)] ^ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality consists of the towns Beuningen, Ewijk, Winssen and Weurt. 1.5 kilometres (1 mi) to the north lies the river Waal

Beuningen lies adjacent to the A73 (Nijmegen-Venlo, on the south side) and A50 (Zwolle-Eindhoven, in the west) motorway interchange. East of Beuningen lies the city Nijmegen. Beuningen had a population of 26,157 in 2021. There is a restored windmill in the town, De Haag.

Population centres

Beuningen
Ewijk
Weurt
Winssen

History

The area in and around Beuningen was inhabited by the Romans. There are regularly excavations done in which Roman rests are found. In the 15th century there stood a small castle: Blanckenburgh. It was probably destroyed during the Eighty Years' War by Maurice of Orange. Until about 1900 Beuningen was a poor farmers village, often struck by floods. Nevertheless, there were a few rich families, mostly farmers with a lot of land, who paid the highest tax in the area. On January 1, 1818, the municipality annexed town Weurt in the East and on July 1, 1980, the town Ewijk on the West.

Nowadays Beuningen has grown to a suburb of Nijmegen, with a lot of new neighbourhoods.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Beuningen, June 2015.

Monuments

There are several monuments in Beuningen. Here are a few (in chronological order):

Blanckenburgh tower, 15th century
De Haag Mill, 1704
Kloosterstraat farm, 1774
Olden Tempel, 1838
Large Waardhuizenstraat T-farm, 1850 - 1900
Mausoleum of Van 't Lindenhout, 1861
Cornelius church, 1900-1901
Vinkendael, 1900
Coach house, ca. 1913
Holy Heart statue, 1920
Stone factory the Bunswaard, 1920

Notable people

Willem Joseph baron van Ghent tot Drakenburgh (1626 in Winssen – 1672) a 17th-century Dutch admiral
Willie Smits (born 1957, in Weurt) a trained forester, microbiologist, conservationist, animal rights activist, wilderness engineer and social entrepreneur in Borneo
Bas van Bemmelen (born 1989 in Beuningen) a volleyball player with the Netherlands men's national volleyball team

Gallery

Beuningen, church: de Corneliuskerk
Beuningse Uiterwaarden during high water in the Waal
Sculptuur made by Ronald Tolman in Beuningen
Artwork 'De Cirkel' by Anneke van Bergen on roundabout in Beuningen
Ewijk, tower: the Oude Toren
Ewijk, Beuningen, scheepvaart op de Waal
Weurt, Beuningen
Winssen, medieval church tower

References

^ "Carol van Eert" (in Dutch). Gemeente Beuningen. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 6641AE". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.