Editing Lingewaard

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{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Lingewaard
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline     = Theaterkerk Bemmel.jpg
| image_alt           = 
| image_caption      = The [[Bemmel Theaterchurch]]
| image_flag              = Flag of Lingewaard.svg
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Lingewaard in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
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| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Gelderland]]
| government_footnotes    =<ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.lingewaard.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/college-van-bw_41435/item/samenstelling-college-van-bampw_24415.html 
 |title=Samenstelling College van B&W 
 |trans-title=Members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen 
 |language=Dutch 
 |publisher=Gemeente Lingewaard 
 |accessdate=8 July 2014 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714132427/http://www.lingewaard.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/college-van-bw_41435/item/samenstelling-college-van-bampw_24415.html 
 |archivedate=14 July 2014 
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal Council]]
| leader_party            = [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Josan Meijers
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          =<ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Lingewaard}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Lingewaard}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Lingewaard}}
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| population_footnotes    =<ref name=pop>[https://www.lingewaard.nl/feiten-en-cijfers "Feiten en cijfers"] [Population numbers of the municipality]. 1 January 2020.</ref>
| population_total        = 46,625
| population_as_of        = 2020
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| population_demonym      = Lingewaarder
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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             = 6680–6681, 6684–6691, 6850–6852
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 026, 0481
| website                 = [http://www.Lingewaard.nl/ Lingewaard.nl]
| footnotes               =
}}
[[File:Gem-Lingewaard-OpenTopo.jpg|thumb|right|279px|Dutch [[topographic map]] of Lingewaard (2015)]]

'''Lingewaard''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌlɪŋəˈʋaːrt|-|092 Lingewaard.ogg}}) is a municipality in the eastern [[Netherlands]]. It is located in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[Gelderland]], in the most eastern part of the [[Betuwe]]. The municipality is situated in the [[upland and lowland|lowlands]] between the major cities of [[Arnhem]] and [[Nijmegen]], where many inhabitants work. Since 2021 it has been part of the Arnhem-Nijmegen Green Metropolitan Region ({{langx|nl|Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen}}), which aids planning and development in the region's eighteen municipalities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Website Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen |url=https://www.groenemetropoolregio.nl |access-date=8 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref>

==Population centres==
Lingewaard was formed in 2001 as a merger between the former municipalities of [[Bemmel]], [[Gendt]] and [[Huissen]]. The municipality was initially named Bemmel after the largest former municipality, but later renamed 'Lingewaard' in a [[referendum]]. 'Lingewaard' itself is not a [[center of population|population centre]] but an artificial name, which is favoured by the majority of the [[voting|voters]]. The municipality consists of these population centres.
{| class="wikitable"
! Towns/villages !! Population<ref name=pop/>
|-
| [[Huissen]] || align="right" | 19,414
|-
| [[Bemmel]] || align="right" | 12,161
|-
| [[Gendt]] || align="right" | 7,230
|-
| [[Angeren]] || align="right" | 2,857
|-
| [[Doornenburg]] || align="right" | 2,759
|-
| [[Haalderen]] || align="right" | 2,061
|-
| [[Ressen]] || align="right" | 137
|-
| Looveer ([[Loo, Duiven|Loo]])|| align="right" | 6
|-
|}

The [[industrial park]] and hamlet of Looveer (included with [[Loo, Duiven|Loo]]) comprises a small area located across the [[Pannerdens Kanaal|Pannerden Canal]]. Other notable [[hamlet (place)|hamlets]] in Lingewaard are [[Hulhuizen]] (included with Gendt), and [[Doornik, Gelderland|Doornik]] (included with Bemmel). Before 1799, Doornik was a village. This village was destroyed because of a [[levee breach]] in 1799, whereby all houses were destroyed, including the [[Church architecture|church]].

==Landscape==
[[File:Cherry plantation (Bemmel, Lingewaard).jpg|thumb|right|279px|Cherry orchard of ''[[Prunus avium]]'' in Bemmel]]
The municipality lies entirely within the [[drainage basin|catchment area]] of the rivers [[Waal (river)|Waal]], [[Nederrijn]], and [[Linge]]. It generally contains many [[soil fertility|fertile]] [[soil]]s that lie on nutrient-rich river [[deposition (geology)|deposits]]. From an agricultural point of view, Lingewaard is well suited for horticulture. The area contains many [[greenhouse]]s and [[orchard]]s.

In the south of Lingewaard lies the [[Rewilding (conservation biology)|rewilding]] area Gelderse Poort, which is managed by [[Staatsbosbeheer]]. This [[nature reserve]] contains several Dutch [[riverscape]] [[habitat]]s, including: [[riparian forest]]s, [[grassland]]s, small [[marsh]]es and [[kolk (vortex)|kolks]]. Large [[herbivores]] (horses and cattle) roam through parts of the area, and play a major role in the [[landscape]] character because of their [[grazing (behaviour)|grazing]] behaviour.

==Notable residents==
Notable people from the municipality of Lingewaard include:
[[File:AS Talma.png|140px|thumb|Syb Talma, stamp issued in 1936]]
* [[Willem Jacob van de Graaf]] (born 1736 in Huissen – 1804), the 35th [[List of governors of Dutch Ceylon|Dutch Governor of Ceylon]]
* [[Syb Talma]] (born 1864 in Angeren – 1916), a Dutch politician
* [[Gys van Beek]] (born 1919 in Angeren – 2015), a Dutch-American inventor and member of the [[Dutch resistance]]
* [[Joop Puntman]] (born 1934 in Haalderen – 2013), a Dutch [[ceramist]] and sculptor
* [[Cor Melchers]] (born 1954 in Huissen – 2015), a Dutch painter 
* [[Annelies Nuy]] (born 1960 in Doornenburg), a Dutch fashion designer
* [[Thomas van Aalten]] (born 1978 in Huissen), a Dutch writer and journalist
* Ruben Hein (born 1982 in Bemmel) – Dutch [[jazz]] [[musician]]

=== Sport ===
* [[Erwin van de Looi]] (born 1972 in Huissen), a Dutch [[manager (association football)|football manager]] and former [[football player|player]]
* [[Stijn Schaars]] (born 1984 in Gendt), a Dutch former [[association football|footballer]] with over 300 club [[cap (sport)|caps]]

==Annual festivals==
[[File:20190716Vierdaagse05.jpg|thumb|right|279px|Participants on the first day of the [[International Four Days Marches Nijmegen|International Four Days Marches]] in 2019 (Bergerdensestraat, between [[Huissen]] and [[Bemmel]])]]
Notable annual festivals and events<ref>{{Cite web|title=Events in Lingewaard |website=Gemeente Lingewaard |url=https://www.lingewaard.nl/evenementen-en-activiteiten |access-date=14 January 2024|language=nl}}</ref> in Lingewaard include:
* [[International Four Days Marches Nijmegen]] – A multiple day [[marching]] event in mid-July, which comes through [[Bemmel]] and [[Huissen]] on the first day of event.
* Bemmelse Dweildag – An international festival for [[marching band]]s in Bemmel, on the second Sunday in June.
* Horse Days of Bemmel ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Bemmelse Paardendagen'') – The annual pony market and [[horse racing|horserace]] in Bemmel, around the second Sunday in August.
* Cherry Festival of Gendt ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Gendste Kersenfeest'') – Annual festival of Gendt at the end of July.
* Under The Milky Way – Local [[rock festival]] of Lingewaard, located in the [[floodplains]] of Huissen, in the end of August or beginning of September.

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Town Hall of Lingewaard.jpg|Town Hall of Lingewaard
File:Bemmel (Lingewaard) park Lingezegen bij de Linge.JPG|The [[Linge]] river at Park Lingezegen, [[Bemmel]]
File:Haalderen, kerk foto1 2010-03-22 12.15.JPG|The [[Church architecture|church]] of [[Haalderen]] ''OLV van Zeven Smarten''
File:Doornenburg, kasteel Doornenburg RM8942 positie1 foto9 2013-06-02 17.09.jpg|View on [[Doornenburg Castle]] at [[Doornenburg]]
File:Huissen, Mariakapel aan de Duisterestraat-Van Voorststraat IMG 9315 2021-06-09 19.27.jpg|Huissen, chapel at the Duisterestraat-Van Voorststraat
File:Angeren (Lingewaard) Mariakapel op kerkhof.JPG|Maria Chapel near the [[cemetery|graveyard]] of [[Angeren]]
File:Gendt (Lingewaard) voorm. gemeentehuis.JPG|Gendt (Lingewaard) former Town Hall
File:Gendt (Lingewaard) sculptuur gans.JPG|''The Gent'' ([[statue]]) of [[Gendt]] at the Waaldijk
File:Bergerden, de Linge bij het Verlaten Land Pad IMG 2552 2019-09-21 10.14.jpg|Bergerden, de Linge bij het Verlaten Land Pad
File:Ressen, de Hervormde kerk RM8944 vanaf de Hoeksehofstraat IMG 7950 2020-11-07 16.15.jpg|Ressen, reformed church from the Hoeksehofstraat
File:Ressen (Lingewaard) gemeentemonument Brandspuithuisje.JPG|The ''Brandspuithuisje'' (monument) in [[Ressen]]
File:Huissen (Lingewaard) sculptuur De Zwaan op marktplein.JPG|''The Swan'' ([[statue]]), town square, [[Huissen]]
</gallery>

==Twin town==
From 2009 to 2014, Lingewaard was [[Town twinning|twinned]] with:

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|- valign="top"
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* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Mizil]], [[Prahova County]], [[Romania]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120801084439/http://www.mi-li.eu/en// Mizil-Lingewaard Twinning Website]</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.lingewaard.nl}}
*{{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Lingewaard
 | North     = [[Arnhem]], [[Westervoort]]
 | Northeast = [[Duiven]]
 | East      = [[Zevenaar]]
 | Southeast = ''[[Waal (river)|Waal]]''
 | South     = ''[[Waal (river)|Waal]]''<br/ >[[Berg en Dal (municipality)|Berg en Dal]]
 | Southwest = [[Nijmegen]]
 | West      = [[Overbetuwe]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Lingewaard}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Lingewaard| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Gelderland]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2003]]