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Renkum

Renkum town streetview with church tower in the background

Flag	Coat of arms

Location in Gelderland

Government

• Body

Municipal council

Area

• Total

47.23 km² (18.24 sq mi)

• Land

46.01 km² (17.76 sq mi)

• Water

1.22 km² (0.47 sq mi)

Elevation

51 m (167 ft)

Population

(May 2014)

• Total

31,494

• Density

685/km² (1,770/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Renkumer

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Postcode

6860–6874

Area code

026, 0317

Renkum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛŋkʏm]) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of 31,494 in 2014 and has a land area of 46.01 km² (17.76 sq mi). Renkum is situated along the river Rhine. The municipality Renkum is part of the Stadsregio (English: City region) Arnhem-Nijmegen.

The surrounding of the municipality are mainly forest and river forelands. In the forest one can find tumulus of thousand years old. Findings from these tumulus can be seen in the Historic museum in Arnhem.

History
Population centres
- Topography
Notable people from Renkum
- Sport
Image gallery
See also

History

Renkum is more than a thousand years old. The thousand-year anniversary was celebrated in 1970. In the early days, the name was written as Redinchem. In the 19th century Renkum developed itself. There existed six paper mills, three water-cornmills and one water-oil mill. There were two factories, a treacle factory and a potato starch-flour factory. There was also a beer brewery and a tavern de Bok.

Nowadays there is still paper industry The company is Parenco B.V., acquired by H2 Equity Partners in 2012.

Population centres

Doorwerth
Heelsum
Heveadorp
Oosterbeek
Renkum (village)
Wolfheze

Topography

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

Notable people from Renkum

Esme Denters, 2009

Nol Hendriks (1937 in Renkum - 2017), businessman and football executive
Frank Versteegh (born 1954 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch aerobatics pilot
Derk Bolt (born 1955 in Renkum) a Dutch TV presenter, editor and producer
Lans Bovenberg (born 1958 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch economist and academic
Stephan Brenninkmeijer (born 1964 in Doorwerth), a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer
Eric Corton (born 1969 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch presenter, actor, author and DJ
Constant Kusters (born 1970 in Oosterbeek), politician
Bjorn Stenvers (born 1972) international museum director, grew up in Renkum
Marianne Thieme (born 1972) a Dutch politician, author and animal rights activist; grew up in Renkum
Esmée Denters (born 1988) a Dutch singer and YouTube celebrity; grew up in Oosterbeek

Sport

Ronald Koeman, 2014

Piet de Zwarte (born 1948 in Renkum), water polo player, bronze medallist at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Marion Bultman (born 1960, in Oosterbeek) a Dutch 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) a retired football striker with 370 club caps
Albertino Essers (born 1969 in Oosterbeek) a former Dutch professional darts player
Rein Baart (born 1972 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch former footballer with 254 club caps
Kay van Dijk (born 1984 in Renkum) a Dutch volleyball player, competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics
Xan de Waard (born 1995 in Renkum), field hockey player, silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics