Renkum
Renkum | |
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 Renkum town streetview with church tower in the background | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Gelderland | |
| Coordinates: 51°59′N 5°51′E / 51.983°N 5.850°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Mrs. A.M.J. (Agnes) Schaap[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 47.23 km2 (18.24 sq mi) |
| • Land | 45.95 km2 (17.74 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 51 m (167 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[5] | |
• Total | 31,417 |
| • Density | 684/km2 (1,770/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Renkumer |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6860–6874 |
| Area code | 026, 0317 |
| Website | www |
Renkum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛŋkəm] ⓘ) is a municipality and town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of 31,417 in 2021 and has a land area of 45.95 km2 (17.74 sq mi). Renkum is situated along the river Rhine. The municipality of Renkum is part of the Stadsregio (English: City region) of Arnhem-Nijmegen.
The surroundings of the municipality are mainly forest and river forelands. In the forest are located tumuli dating back a thousand years. Items found in them can be viewed in the Historical Museum in Arnhem.[6]
History
[edit]Renkum is over a thousand years old. Its thousand-year anniversary was celebrated in 1970. In the early days, the name was written as Redinchem. In the 19th century Renkum underwent development, with six paper mills, three water-cornmills and one water-oil mill in operation. There were two factories, producing treacle and potato-starch flour. There was also a brewery and a tavern, de Bok.
Nowadays the town is home to the paper industry, the plant being operated by Parenco B.V., which was acquired by H2 Equity Partners in 2012.
Population centres
[edit]Topography
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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Renkum, June 2015.
Notable people from Renkum
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- Nol Hendriks (born 1937 in Renkum - 2017), businessman and football executive
- Frank Versteegh (born 1954 in Oosterbeek), aerobatics pilot
- Derk Bolt (born 1955 in Renkum), TV presenter, editor and producer [7]
- Lans Bovenberg (born 1958 in Oosterbeek), economist and academic
- Stephan Brenninkmeijer (born 1964 in Doorwerth), film director, screenwriter, and producer [8]
- Eric Corton (born 1969 in Oosterbeek), presenter, actor, author and DJ [9]
- Constant Kusters (born 1970 in Oosterbeek), politician
- Bjorn Stenvers (born 1972), international museum director, grew up in Renkum
- Marianne Thieme (born 1972), politician, author and animal rights activist; grew up in Renkum
- Esmée Denters (born 1988), singer and YouTube celebrity; grew up in Oosterbeek
Sport
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- Piet de Zwarte (born 1948 in Renkum), water polo player, bronze medallist at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Marion Bultman (born 1960, in Oosterbeek), sailor, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Ronald Koeman (born 1963), ex-footballer with 535 club caps, current coach of the Netherlands national football team, lived in Renkum
- Peter Hofstede (born 1967 in Oosterbeek), retired football striker with 370 club caps
- Albertino Essers (born 1969 in Oosterbeek), former professional darts player
- Rein Baart (born 1972 in Oosterbeek), former footballer with 254 club caps
- Kay van Dijk (born 1984 in Renkum), volleyball player, competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Xan de Waard (born 1995 in Renkum), field hockey player, silver medallist at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Image gallery
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Castle Grunsfort (1638)
Orange Nassau's Oord
Oldest existing church in the Netherlands (Oosterbeek)
War memorial at Oosterbeek
References
[edit]- ↑ "Burgemeester" [Mayor] (in Dutch). Gemeente Renkum. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ↑ "Mayor Schaap". Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
- ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 6861GG". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ↑ Historic museum Arnhem Archived 2009-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ IMDb Database retrieved 02 December 2019
- ↑ IMDb Database retrieved 02 December 2019
- ↑ IMDb Database retrieved 02 December 2019
External links
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Media related to Renkum at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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