Beek, Berg en Dal

Beek is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Berg en Dal, about 5 km east of Nijmegen. Beek has a population of about 3620 (as of 1 January 2016).[1]

Beek
Village
St. Bartholomew's Church (Beek)
Coordinates: 51°49′45″N 5°55′33″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGelderland
MunicipalityBerg en Dal
Area
  Total2.49 km2 (0.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
3,450

History

Beek was a separate municipality until 1 January 1818, when municipality Beek fused with "Ooij en Persingen" forming municipality Ubbergen.[2]

On 1 January 2015 "Ubbergen", "Groesbeek" and "Millingen aan de Rijn" fused and named municipality Berg en Dal as of 1 January 2016.[3]

References

  1. Statistics Netherlands, 2007. Figures are for the year 2006. Statistics are available in Google Earth format. Statistical areas "Beek" and "Verspreide huizen Beek".
  2. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-17. Retrieved 2009-12-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Per 1 januari 2015 393 gemeenten". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS, Statistics Netherlands). Retrieved 4 August 2019.


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