Editing Lingewaal

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Lingewaal
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Former municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Herwijnen De Jager 8983.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Former windmill in [[Herwijnen]]
| image_flag              = Lingewaal vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Lingewaal wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0733 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Lingewaal in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|53|N|5|7|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]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[West Betuwe]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 1986
| extinct_title           = Merged
| extinct_date            = 2019
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->
| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Lingewaal}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Lingewaal}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Lingewaal}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 4147AN 
 |language=Dutch 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |accessdate=8 July 2014 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |archivedate=21 September 2013 
}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 2
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
<!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Lingewaal}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Lingewaal}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = 
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = Parts of 4100 and 4200 ranges
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0183, 0345, 0418
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.lingewaal.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Lingewaal''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌlɪŋəˈʋaːl|-|Nl-Lingewaal.ogg}}) is a former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the province of [[Gelderland]] in the [[Netherlands]].

On 1 January 2019, the municipality merged with [[Geldermalsen]] and [[Neerijnen]] to form the new municipality of [[West Betuwe]].

== History == 
The municipality was formed in 1986 from the former municipalities of Asperen, Heukelum, Herwijnen, Spijk and Vuren, with the exception of Dalem, which was included in the municipality of Gorinchem. Immediately after the merger, the municipality was briefly called Vuren, after the village of the same name. On January 1, 2019, the municipality of Lingewaal merged with Neerijnen and Geldermalsen into the merged municipality of West Betuwe.

== Population centres ==
*[[Asperen]]
*[[Herwijnen]]
*[[Heukelum]]
*[[Spijk, Lingewaal|Spijk]]
*[[Vuren]]

==Topography==
[[File:Gem-Lingewaal-OpenTopo.jpg|460px]]

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Lingewaal, June 2015''

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

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.lingewaal.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Lingewaal
 | North     = [[Leerdam]] ([[Utrecht (province)|UT]])
 | Northeast = [[Geldermalsen]]
 | East      = [[Neerijnen]]
 | South     = ''[[Waal (river)|Waal]]''<br>[[Zaltbommel]]
 | West      = [[Molenlanden]] ([[South Holland|SH]])<br>[[Gorinchem]] ([[South Holland|SH]])
}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:West Betuwe]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Gelderland]]
[[Category:States and territories established in 1986]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019]]


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