Editing Beuningen

{{For|the village in Overijssel|Beuningen, Overijssel}}
{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Beuningen
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_caption           = Beuningen town hall
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Beuningen in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|52|N|5|47|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gelderland]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url = https://secure-beuningen.gemeenteoplossingen.nl/Gemeenteraad/carol-van-eert
 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20140619193656/https://secure-beuningen.gemeenteoplossingen.nl/Gemeenteraad/carol-van-eert
 |url-status = dead
 |archive-date = 19 June 2014
 |title = Carol van Eert
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Beuningen
 |access-date = 19 June 2014
 }}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Democrats 66|D66]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Daphne Bergman]] (acting)
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Beuningen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Beuningen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 6641AE
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 19 June 2014}}</ref>
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| population_demonym      = Beuninger
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 6550–6551, 6640–6645
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 024, 0487
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.beuningen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Beuningen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈbøːnɪŋə(n)|-|Nl-Beuningen.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the eastern [[Netherlands]]. The municipality consists of the towns Beuningen, [[Ewijk]], [[Winssen]] and [[Weurt]]. {{convert|1.5|km|mi|0}} to the north lies the river [[Waal (river)|Waal]]

Beuningen lies adjacent to the A73 (Nijmegen-Venlo, on the south side) and A50 (Zwolle-Eindhoven, in the west) motorway interchange. East of Beuningen lies the city [[Nijmegen]]. Beuningen had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Beuningen}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}. There is a restored [[windmill]] in the town, [[De Haag, Beuningen|De Haag]].

== Population centres ==
{{Columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*Beuningen
*[[Ewijk]]
*[[Weurt]]
*[[Winssen]]
}}

==History==
The area in and around Beuningen was inhabited by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]]. There are regularly excavations done in which Roman rests are found. 
In the 15th century there stood a small castle: Blanckenburgh. It was probably destroyed during the [[Eighty Years' War]] by [[Maurice of Orange]].
Until about 1900 Beuningen was a poor farmers village, often struck by floods. Nevertheless, there were a few rich families, mostly farmers with a lot of land, who paid the highest tax in the area.
On January 1, 1818, the municipality annexed town Weurt in the East and on July 1, 1980, the town Ewijk on the West.

Nowadays Beuningen has grown to a suburb of Nijmegen, with a lot of new neighbourhoods.

==Topography==
[[File:Gem-Beuningen-OpenTopo.jpg|475px|]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Beuningen, June 2015.''

==Monuments==
There are several monuments in Beuningen. Here are a few (in chronological order):
{{Columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* Blanckenburgh tower, 15th century
* De Haag Mill, 1704
* Kloosterstraat farm, 1774
* Olden Tempel, 1838
* Large Waardhuizenstraat T-farm, 1850 – 1900
* Mausoleum of Van 't Lindenhout, 1861
* Cornelius church, 1900–1901
* Vinkendael, 1900
* Coach house, ca. 1913
* Holy Heart statue, 1920
* Stone factory the Bunswaard, 1920
}}

==See also==
* [[Lancaster Memorial (Netherlands)]]

== Notable people ==
* [[Willem Joseph van Ghent|Willem Joseph baron van Ghent tot Drakenburgh]] (1626 in Winssen – 1672) a 17th-century Dutch admiral
* [[Willie Smits]] (born 1957, in Weurt) a trained forester, microbiologist, conservationist, animal rights activist, wilderness engineer and social entrepreneur in Borneo
* [[Bas van Bemmelen]] (born 1989 in Beuningen) a volleyball player with the [[Netherlands men's national volleyball team]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="160"> 
File:Beuningen, de Corneliuskerk RM523147 IMG 3279 2020-03-17 12.45.jpg|Beuningen, church: de Corneliuskerk
File:Beuningen, de Beuningse Uiterwaarden bij de Waardhuizenstraat tijdens hoog water in de Waal positie3 IMG 9866 2021-07-18 15.46.jpg|Beuningse Uiterwaarden during high water in the Waal
File:Sculptuur in Beuningen (Gld, NL).JPG|Sculptuur made by Ronald Tolman in Beuningen
File: De Cirkel. Klaver beeld op rotonde Beuningen.jpg|Artwork 'De Cirkel' by Anneke van Bergen on roundabout in Beuningen
File:Ewijk, de Oude Toren RM9543 IMG 9893 2021-07-18 16.28.jpg|Ewijk, tower: the Oude Toren
File:Ewijk (Beuningen) scheepvaart op de Waal.JPG|Ewijk, Beuningen, scheepvaart op de Waal
File:Weurt (Beuningen, Gld, NL) Waalbandijk 2.JPG|Weurt, Beuningen
File:Winssen, de kerktoren van de middeleeuwse parochiekerk RM9555 IMG 8487 2021-03-24 10.42.jpg|Winssen, medieval church tower
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Beuningen, Gelderland}}
*[http://www.beuningen.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Beuningen
 | North     = [[Overbetuwe]]<br/>''[[Waal (river)|Waal]]''
 | East      = [[Nijmegen]]
 | South     = [[Wijchen]]
 | West      = [[Druten]]
 | Northwest = [[Neder-Betuwe]]<br/>''[[Waal (river)|Waal]]''
}}
{{Dutch municipality Beuningen}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of Gelderland]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]


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