Editing Gennep

{{About|a city in the Netherlands|the French ethnographer|Arnold van Gennep}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Gennep
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = View over Gennep
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Gennep in a municipal map of Limburg
| map_caption             = Location in Limburg
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| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.gennep.nl/gemeente/samenstelling_3695/item/burgemeester-dhr-pjhm-de-koning_5867.html
 |title       = Burgemeester Dhr. P.J.H.M. De Koning
 |trans-title = Mayor Mr. P.J.H.M. De Koning
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Gennep
 |access-date  = 16 October 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131017045602/http://www.gennep.nl/gemeente/samenstelling_3695/item/burgemeester-dhr-pjhm-de-koning_5867.html
 |archive-date = 17 October 2013
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Peter de Koning (mayor)|Peter de Koning]]
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| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Gennep}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Gennep}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
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 |title=Postcodetool for 6591CP 
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 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
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| population_demonym      = Gennepenaar, Genneper
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 6590–6599
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0485
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.gennep.nl}}
| footnotes               =
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[[File:Gem-Gennep-OpenTopo.jpg|270px|thumb|''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Gennep, June 2015'']]

'''Gennep''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɣɛnəp|-|131 Gennep.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a [[city]] in upper southeastern [[Netherlands]]. It lies in the very northern part of the province of [[Limburg, Netherlands|Limburg]], 18 km south of [[Nijmegen]]. Furthermore, it lies on the right bank of the [[Meuse (river)|Meuse]] river, and south of the forest of the [[Klever Reichswald]]. The municipality of Gennep has 17,277 inhabitants (2014).

The [[Niers]] river flows into the Meuse in Gennep.

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* [[Aaldonk]]
* Dam
* De Looi
* Diekendaal
* Gennep
* [[Heijen]]
* Hekkens
* [[Milsbeek]]
* [[Ottersum]]
* Smele
* [[Ven-Zelderheide]]
* Zelder
}}
== 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>

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in the Netherlands}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
Gennep is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
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*{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Gelnica]], [[Slovakia]]
|}

== Notable people ==
* Norbert of Xanten, Catholic priest and ascetic, was born in Gennep 
* [[Marcel van Grunsven]] (1896 in Gennep - 1969) Mayor of Heerlen from 1926 to 1961
* [[Theo Blankenaauw]] (1923 in Gennep – 2011) a Dutch track cyclist, competed at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]

== Gallery ==
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File:Gennep, de Sint Martinuskerk foto3 2016-03-26 15.40.jpg|Gennep, church: de Sint Martinuskerk
File:Stadhuisgennep.jpg|Gennep, former town hall
</gallery>
{{wide image|Skylinegennep.jpg|770px|View of the river Meuse, between Gennep and Ottersum}}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.gennep.nl}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Gennep
|North     = [[Berg en Dal (municipality)|Berg en Dal]]{{space}}([[Gelderland|GE]]), [[Kranenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia|Kranenburg]]{{space}}([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])
|East      = [[Goch]]{{space}}([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])
|South     = [[Bergen, Limburg|Bergen]]
|West      = [[Land van Cuijk]]{{space}}([[North Brabant|NB]]) / ''[[Meuse]]''
|Northwest = [[Mook en Middelaar]]
}}
{{Limburg Province (Netherlands)}}

{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]


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