Berg en Dal (literally in English: ''Mountain and Valley'') is a municipality in the eastern

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, in the province of

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. It was formed through a merger of the municipalities of Groesbeek, Millingen aan de Rijn and Ubbergen in 2015. The resulting larger municipality maintained the name of Groesbeek until 2016, when it was renamed to Berg en Dal after the village of Berg en Dal. Berg en Dal has about 34,714 inhabitants and covers an area of about 93 km². The municipality borders in the north on the

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river and the Bijlands Kanaal, in the east on the German forest of the Reichswald, in the south on the province of Limburg, in the southwest on the forest of the Mookerheide (also Limburg), and in the west on the city of

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. Berg en Dal is slightly hilly with altitudes reaching 75 meters at the Duivelsberg, a hill in the municipality. The route of the International Four Days Marches Nijmegen goes through the municipality on the 3rd day (''Day of Groesbeek'').

Population centres

Politics

The municipal council has 25 members. The 2022 election results were as follows: * Kernachtig Groesbeek 7 seats * LOKAAL! Berg en Dal 6 seats * CDA, 3 seats *

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, 3 seats * D66 Berg en Dal, 3 seat * PvdA, 2 seats * VVD, 1 seat After this election, Kernachtig Groesbeek and LOKAAL! formed a coalition. The municipal executive consists of mayor Mark Slinkman (CDA) and four aldermen, drawn from the coalition parties.

Notable people

* Anthony Van Egmond (1778 in Groesbeek – 1838) a Dutch Napoleonic War veteran and settler in

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* Sebastiaan Tromp (1889 in Beek – 1975) a Dutch Jesuit priest, theologian and Latinist * Dries van Agt (1931 in Geldrop – 2024) a Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1977 to 1982 * Baron Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst (1944 in Beek – 2023) a Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist * Constantijn Kortmann (1944 in Groesbeek – 2016) a Dutch professor of constitutional law * Marie-Claire ''"Amber"'' Cremers (born 1969 in Ubbergen) a Dutch-born German singer/songwriter * Sharon Gesthuizen (born 1976 in Nijmegen) a Dutch politician and trade unionist, grew up in Millingen aan de Rijn *

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Sport

* Peter Arntz (born 1953 in Leuth) a Dutch retired football midfielder with 411 club caps * Jan Peters (born 1954 in Groesbeek) a retired footballer with 380 club caps * Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (born 1967 in Beek) a Dutch cyclo-cross racer * Yelmer Buurman (born 1987 in Ubbergen) a Dutch professional racing driver * Jasper Cillessen (born 1989 in Nijmegen) a Dutch professional football goalkeeper, 52 caps for the

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, grew up in Groesbeek

Gallery

File:Knapheideweg 2, Groesbeek.jpg, Knapheideweg, Groesbeek File:Zuidmolen Groesbeek Gelderland Netherlands.jpg, Zuidmolen Groesbeek File:Millingen ad Rijn, toren van de Sint-Antonius van Paduakerk in straatzicht foto7 2015-10-26 11.26.jpg, Millingen ad Rijn, tower of Sint-Antonius van Padua Church File:Heuvellust Rijksstraatweg 52 Ubbergen Nijmegen.jpg, Heuvellust Rijksstraatweg, Ubbergen

References

External links

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Official website Berg en Dal
Municipalities of Gelderland Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2016 {{Gelderland-geo-stub