Uil Eric Claus Laan van Leeuwenstein Geldermalsen

Geldermalsen () is a town and former

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in the

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Gelderland Gelderland ( , ), also known as Guelders ( ) in English, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands, located in the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Nethe ...

in the

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Town of Geldermalsen

The town centre of Geldermalsen contains a two-aisled

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church dating from the 15th century, with a Romanesque tower dating from the 13th century. The town contains two

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s: De Watermolen, which was built in 1772, and De Bouwing, which was built in 1848. Located in the east side there is a graveyard. Public high-school 'The Lingeborgh' is located in the west.

Former municipality of Geldermalsen

The municipality of Geldermalsen was formed on 1 January 1978, when the former municipalities of Beesd, Buurmalsen, Deil and Geldermalsen were combined. The municipality had an area of and was one of the largest municipalities in the

Betuwe Betuwe (), also known in English as Batavia ( ), is a historical and geographical region in the Netherlands, forming large fertile islands in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, river delta formed by the waters of the Rhine (Dutch: ''Rijn'') and ...

. The municipality had a population of in . On 1 January 2019 it merged with

Neerijnen Neerijnen () is a village and former municipality in the Netherlands. It is about south of Utrecht and some north of 's-Hertogenbosch. On 1 January 2019, it merged with Geldermalsen and Lingewaal to form the new municipality of West Betuwe. H ...

and

Lingewaal Lingewaal () is a former Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. On 1 January 2019, the municipality merged with Geldermalsen and Neerijnen to form the new municipality of West Betuwe. Hi ...

to form the new municipality

West Betuwe 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. To ...

. The river

Linge The Linge is a river in the Betuwe that is 99.8 km long, which makes it one of the longest rivers that flow entirely within the Netherlands. The river starts near the village of Doornenburg near the German border. A legend tells us that i ...

flows through the municipality and town of Geldermalsen.

Population centres

Acquoy Acquoy ()In Dutch formerly also ''Akkooi'', ''Acquooi'', ''Ackooy'', ''Ackoy'', ''Accoy'', and ''Arkel''. is a village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typica ...

* Beesd * Buurmalsen * Deil * Enspijk * Geldermalsen * Gellicum * Meteren * Rhenoy * Rumpt * Tricht

Demographics

Ethnic composition of Geldermalsen in 2010: *

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: 91.7% *

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: 0.9% *

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: 4.5% *

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: 1.4% * Other non-Western: 1.4%:

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