West Betuwe facts for kids

Quick facts for kids West Betuwe
Municipality
Geldermalsen
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Gelderland
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Established	1 January 2019
Government
• Body	Municipal council
Area
• Total	229.12 km2 (88.46 sq mi)
• Land	216.12 km2 (83.44 sq mi)
• Water	13.00 km2 (5.02 sq mi)
Population  (July 2019)
• Total	50,958
• Density	222.407/km2 (576.033/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

West Betuwe is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. West Betuwe had 51.948 inhabitants on 1 January 2022.

The municipality was formed on 1 January 2019 by the merger of the municipalities Geldermalsen, Neerijnen, Lingewaal.

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of West Betuwe, 2018

Notable people

Johannes van den Bosch, 1829

• Dirk Willems (born in Asperen - died 1569) a Dutch martyred Anabaptist
• Cornelius Jansen (1585 in Acquoy – 1638) the Catholic Bishop of Ypres, father of Jansenism
• Johannes, Count van den Bosch (1780 in Herwijnen – 1844) an officer and politician; Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1830–1833
• Jan Karel van den Broek (1814 in Herwijnen – 1865) a physician based at Nagasaki, in Bakumatsu
• Otto Willem Arnold baron van Verschuer (1927 in Beesd – 2014) a Dutch politician

Sport

• Jan Kleyn (1925 in Asperen – 2009) a sprinter, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
• Hendrik Pieter de Jongh (born 1970 in Asperen) a football manager and former player
• Léon van Bon (born 1972 in Asperen) a retired road racing cyclist, silver medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Selma Poutsma (born 1999) from Deil, a speed skater and gold medallist at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Gallery

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  Gellicum, church: the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Geboortekerk

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  Herwijnen, Radar

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  Deil, reformed church

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  Deil, windmill: molen de Vlinder

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  Ophemert, view to the village

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  Acquoy, church

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  Beesd, church

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  Varik, windmill

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  Nieuwe Zuiderlingedijk Keersluisje

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  Water level recording shed