Editing Neerijnen

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| name                    = Neerijnen
| settlement_type         = Village and [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|former municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = File:520223 Kasteel Neerijnen (3).jpg
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| image_caption           = Castle Neerijnen
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0304 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Neerijnen in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption             = Location in Gelderland
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Netherlands
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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       = [[Gelderland]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[West Betuwe]]
| extinct_title           = Merged
| extinct_date            = 2019
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_total_km2          = 6.11
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| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
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 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 465
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| 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             = 4182<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0418
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.neerijnen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
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'''Neerijnen''' ({{IPA|nl|neːˈrɛinə(n)|-|Nl-Neerijnen.ogg}}) is a village and former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the [[Netherlands]].  It is about {{Convert|35|km}} south of [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]] and some {{Convert|15|km}} north of [['s-Hertogenbosch]].

On 1 January 2019, it merged with [[Geldermalsen]] and [[Lingewaal]] to form the new municipality of [[West Betuwe]].<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://plaatsengids.nl/neerijnen |title=Neerijnen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

== History ==
It was first mentioned in 996 as in Ine. The etymology in unclear. It is neer (lower) in comparison with [[Opijnen]] (upper).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/neerijnen |title=Neerijnen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> The village developed as an ''[[esdorp]]'' perpendicular to the [[dyke (embankment)|dike]] of the [[Waal (river)|Waal]].<ref name="monument">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu05_01/sten009monu05_01_0154.php |title=Neerijnen |author=Ronald Stenvert & Sabine Broekhoven |year=2000 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9406 3 |language=nl |access-date=25 March 2022}}</ref>

Neerijnen Castle was built around 1350 and formed a single estate with [[Waardenburg Castle]]. In 1574, it was under siege by [[William the Silent]] and mainly destroyed. The castle was rebuilt in 1627. In 1980, it served as town hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uitinderegio.nl/locatie/kasteel-neerijnen/ |title=Kasteel Neerijnen |website=Uit in de regio |access-date=25 March 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> In 2019, Neerijnen merged into [[West Betuwe]], and the castle was put up for sale.<ref name="plaats"/>

In 1840, it was home to 294 people.<ref name="plaats"/> The Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1865.<ref name="monument"/>

== Former population centres ==
* [[Est, Netherlands|Est]]
* [[Haaften]]
* [[Heesselt]]
* [[Hellouw]]
* Neerijnen
* [[Ophemert]]
* [[Opijnen]]
* [[Tuil]]
* [[Varik]]
* [[Waardenburg]]

===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Neerijnen-OpenTopo.jpg|540px]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Neerijnen, June 2015''

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Neerijnen Achterstraat 2.jpg|House in Neerijnen
File:.Boerderijtje bij Snelleveld..JPG|Farm with haystack
File:Neerijnen Waalbandijk 19 (2).jpg|Restaurant on the dike
</gallery>

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

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Neerijnen
 | North     = [[Geldermalsen]], [[Tiel]]
 | East      = ''[[Waal (river)|Waal]]'' / [[West Maas en Waal]]
 | South     = ''[[Waal (river)|Waal]]''<br>[[Zaltbommel]], [[Maasdriel]]
 | West      = [[Lingewaal]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality West Betuwe}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:West Betuwe]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Gelderland]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gelderland]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019]]


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