Renkum

Renkum
Municipality
Renkum town hall

Flag
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Renkum in a municipal map of Gelderland
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 51°59′N 5°51′E / 51.983°N 5.850°E / 51.983; 5.850Coordinates: 51°59′N 5°51′E / 51.983°N 5.850°E / 51.983; 5.850
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Government[1]
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Mrs. A.M.J. (Agnes) Schaap[2]
Area[3]
 • Total 47.23 km2 (18.24 sq mi)
 • Land 46.01 km2 (17.76 sq mi)
 • Water 1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Elevation[4] 51 m (167 ft)
Population (August 2017)[5]
 • Total 31,406
 • Density 683/km2 (1,770/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Renkumer
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode 6860–6874
Area code 026, 0317
Website www.renkum.nl

Renkum ( pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of 31,406 in 2017 and has a land area of 46.01 km2 (17.76 sq mi). Renkum is situated along the river Rhine. The municipality Renkum is part of the Stadsregio (English: City region) Arnhem-Nijmegen.

The surrounding of the municipality are mainly forest and river forelands. In the forest one can find tumulus of thousand years old. Findings from these tumulus can be seen in the Historic museum in Arnhem.[6]

History

Renkum is more than a thousand years old. The thousand-year anniversary was celebrated in 1970. In the early days, the name was written as Redinchem. In the 19th century Renkum developed itself. There existed six paper mills, three water-cornmills and one water-oil mill. There were two factories, a treacle factory and a potato starch-flour factory. There was also a beer brewery and a tavern de Bok.

Nowadays there is still paper industry The company is Parenco B.V., acquired by H2 Equity Partners in 2012.

Population centres

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Renkum, June 2015.

Notable people from Renkum

References

  1. ↑ "Burgemeester" [Mayor] (in Dutch). Gemeente Renkum. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Mayor Schaap
  3. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Postcodetool for 6861GG". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Historic museum Arnhem Archived 2009-08-30 at the Wayback Machine.


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