West Betuwe Facts for Kids

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West Betuwe

Geldermalsen

Flag	Coat of arms

Location in Gelderland

Established

1 January 2019

Government

• Body

Municipal council

Area

• Total

229.12 km² (88.46 sq mi)

• Land

216.12 km² (83.44 sq mi)

• Water

13.00 km² (5.02 sq mi)

Population

(July 2019)

• Total

50,958

• Density

222.407/km² (576.033/sq mi)

• Summer (DST)

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.

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of West Betuwe, 2018

Johannes van den Bosch, 1829

Dirk Willems (born in Asperen - died 1569) a Dutch martyred Anabaptist
Cornelius Jansen (1585 in Acquoy – 1638) the Catholic Bishop of Ypres, father of Jansenism
Johannes, Count van den Bosch (1780 in Herwijnen – 1844) an officer and politician; Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1830–1833
Jan Karel van den Broek (1814 in Herwijnen – 1865) a physician based at Nagasaki, in Bakumatsu
Otto Willem Arnold baron van Verschuer (1927 in Beesd – 2014) a Dutch politician

Jan Kleyn (1925 in Asperen – 2009) a sprinter, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Hendrik Pieter de Jongh (born 1970 in Asperen) a football manager and former player
Léon van Bon (born 1972 in Asperen) a retired road racing cyclist, silver medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Selma Poutsma (born 1999) from Deil, a speed skater and gold medallist at the 2022 Winter Olympics