Beuningen () is a

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and a town in the eastern

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. The municipality consists of the towns Beuningen, Ewijk, Winssen and Weurt. to the north lies the river

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Beuningen lies adjacent to the A73 (Nijmegen-Venlo, on the south side) and A50 (Zwolle-Eindhoven, in the west) motorway interchange. East of Beuningen lies the city

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. Beuningen had a population of in . There is a restored

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in the town, De Haag.

Population centres

History

The area in and around Beuningen was inhabited by the Romans. There are regularly excavations done in which Roman rests are found. In the 15th century there stood a small castle: Blanckenburgh. It was probably destroyed during the

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by Maurice of Orange. Until about 1900 Beuningen was a poor farmers village, often struck by floods. Nevertheless, there were a few rich families, mostly farmers with a lot of land, who paid the highest tax in the area. On January 1, 1818, the municipality annexed town Weurt in the East and on July 1, 1980, the town Ewijk on the West. Nowadays Beuningen has grown to a suburb of Nijmegen, with a lot of new neighbourhoods.

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Beuningen, June 2015.''

Monuments

There are several monuments in Beuningen. Here are a few (in chronological order):

Notable people

* Willem Joseph baron van Ghent tot Drakenburgh (1626 in Winssen – 1672) a 17th-century Dutch admiral * Willie Smits (born 1957, in Weurt) a trained forester, microbiologist, conservationist, animal rights activist, wilderness engineer and social entrepreneur in Borneo * Bas van Bemmelen (born 1989 in Beuningen) a volleyball player with the Netherlands men's national volleyball team

Gallery

File:Beuningen, de Corneliuskerk RM523147 IMG 3279 2020-03-17 12.45.jpg, Beuningen, church: de Corneliuskerk File:Beuningen, de Beuningse Uiterwaarden bij de Waardhuizenstraat tijdens hoog water in de Waal positie3 IMG 9866 2021-07-18 15.46.jpg, Beuningse Uiterwaarden during high water in the Waal File:Sculptuur in Beuningen (Gld, NL).JPG, Sculptuur made by Ronald Tolman in Beuningen File: De Cirkel. Klaver beeld op rotonde Beuningen.jpg, Artwork 'De Cirkel' by Anneke van Bergen on roundabout in Beuningen File:Ewijk, de Oude Toren RM9543 IMG 9893 2021-07-18 16.28.jpg, Ewijk, tower: the Oude Toren File:Ewijk (Beuningen) scheepvaart op de Waal.JPG, Ewijk, Beuningen, scheepvaart op de Waal File:Weurt (Beuningen, Gld, NL) Waalbandijk 2.JPG, Weurt, Beuningen File:Winssen, de kerktoren van de middeleeuwse parochiekerk RM9555 IMG 8487 2021-03-24 10.42.jpg, Winssen, medieval church tower

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities of Gelderland Populated places in Gelderland {{gelderland-geo-stub