Beneden-Leeuwen is a town in the

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province of

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. It is a part of the municipality of

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, and lies about 7 km east of

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, on the opposite (southern) bank of the river

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. Beneden-Leeuwen has 6,925 inhabitants on 1 July 2021. It is the Catholic part of the former village Leeuwen.

History

It was first called Beneden-Leeuwen in 1986 to distinguish from Boven-Leeuwen. Leeuwen was first attested in the 12th century as Lewen, and means "settlement near burial hill". The village developed along the

. In 1898, a Catholic Church was built in Beneden-Leeuwen, and the village split in a Catholic (beneden) and a Protestant (boven) village. The St. Alphonsus de Liguori Church was built between 1898 and 1900. In 1840, the entire village of Leeuwen was home to 2,128 people. Windmill De Wielewaal is a

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built in 1857.

Notable people

* Hanneke Hoefnagel (born 1988), gymnast *

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(born 1964), historian * Marco Pastors (born 1965), politician *

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(born 1970), blues rock musician * Arno van Zwam (born 1969), footballer

Gallery

File:Beneden Leeuwen, Sint Alphonsus de Liguorikerk RM523078 IMG 8518 2021-03-24 12.45.jpg, Church: Sint Alphonsus de Liguorikerk Image:Beneden-Leeuwen, korenmolen de Wielewaal RM38248 foto2 2014-11-24 13.57.jpg, Windmill De Wielewaal File:Woonboten aan de Waalbanddijk - Beneden-Leeuwen - 20388990 - RCE.jpg, House boats near Beneden-Leeuwen File:Beneden-Leeuwen Rijksmonument 523085 Quisisana Zandstraat 81.jpg, Villa in Beneden-Leeuwen

References

External links

* Populated places in Gelderland West Maas en Waal {{Gelderland-geo-stub