Editing Gennep (section)

== The city of Gennep ==

Gennep was the title of a comital family, known descendants of which are the famous [[Saint Norbert of Gennep]] and [[Wilhelm von Gennep|William of Gennep]], [[Archbishop-Elector of Cologne]].

Gennep probably received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1371. However, it remains unclear whether these city rights have really been assigned to Gennep, as the supposed documents burned during a fire in the townhall of Gennep at the end of the 16th century. 
Gennep lies about {{convert|18|km|0|abbr=off}} southeast of [[Nijmegen]].

In 2001, Gennep had 8306 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was {{convert|2.11|km²|2|abbr=out}}, and contained 3124 residences.<ref name="CBS">Statistics Netherlands (CBS), ''Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001'' {{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm |title=CBS - Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 |access-date=2007-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319070600/http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm |archive-date=2006-03-19 }}. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.</ref>