Lent is a neighbourhood of
Nijmegen and former village in the
Dutch
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province of
Gelderland
Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...
. It is located in the municipality of
Nijmegen, about 2 km north of that city, on the north bank of the
Waal river.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1196 as in Lente. The etymology is unclear.
The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1329. The tower was added in 1886.
Lent was home to 1,171 people in 1840.
Lent was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with
Elst.
[Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. ] In 1998, it was merged into
Nijmegen. The population at the time of merger was about 3,000 people, however it almost quadrupled in 20 years due to neighbourhoods being built in Lent.
Gallery
File:Nijmegen-Lent, de Maria Geboortekerk RM522954 IMG 2950 2019-11-30 11.15.jpg, Lent, church: the Maria Geboortekerk
File:Citadel College Griftdijk, Griftdijk Noord 9A, Nijmegen.jpg, School in Lent
File:Lent-Nijmegen.jpg, Village view
File:Lent Oasisstraat Nijmegen.jpg, New neighbourhood
References
External links
Official site Nijmegen
Populated places in Gelderland
Former municipalities of Gelderland
Nijmegen
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