Editing Renkum

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->| name               = Renkum
| settlement_type    = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->| image_skyline      = Renkum, straatzicht met kerktoren foto1 2012-05-29 15.32.JPG
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = Renkum town streetview with church tower in the background
| image_flag         = Flag of Renkum.svg
| flag_size          = 100x67px
| flag_alt           = 
| image_shield       = Coat of arms of Renkum.svg
| shield_size        = 100x80px
| shield_alt         = <!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map          = Map - NL - Municipality code 0274 (2009).svg
| map_alt            = Highlighted position of Renkum in a municipal map of Gelderland
| map_caption        = Location in Gelderland
| coordinates        = {{coord|51|59|N|5|51|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         = http://www.renkum.nl/Bestuur_en_Organisatie/College_B_W/Burgemeester
 |title       = Burgemeester
 |trans-title = Mayor
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Renkum
 |access-date  = 15 July 2014
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162234/http://www.renkum.nl/Bestuur_en_Organisatie/College_B_W/Burgemeester
 |archive-date = 14 July 2014
}}</ref>
| governing_body     = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Mrs. A.M.J. (Agnes) Schaap<ref>[https://www.renkum.nl/Bestuur/College_B_W/Burgemeester_en_wethouders Mayor Schaap]</ref>
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<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_land_km2      = {{Dutch municipality land area|Renkum}}
| area_water_km2     = {{Dutch municipality water area|Renkum}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 6861GG
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 15 July 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 51
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| elevation_min_m    = <!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total   = {{Dutch municipality population|Renkum}}
| population_as_of   = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Renkum}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym = Renkumer
<!-- 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        = 6860–6874
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code          = 026, 0317
| website            = {{URL|1=http://www.renkum.nl}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Renkum''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈrɛŋkʏm|-|Nl-Renkum.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the eastern [[Netherlands]].
The municipality had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Renkum}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}} and has a land area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality land area|Renkum}}|km2|abbr=on}}. Renkum is situated along the river [[Rhine]]. The municipality Renkum is part of the ''Stadsregio'' (English: City region) Arnhem-Nijmegen.

The surrounding of the municipality are mainly forest and river forelands. In the forest one can find [[tumulus]] of thousand years old. Findings from these tumulus can be seen in the Historic museum in [[Arnhem]].<ref>[http://www.hmarnhem.nl/ Historic museum Arnhem] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830203636/http://www.hmarnhem.nl/ |date=2009-08-30 }}</ref>

==History==
Renkum is more than a thousand years old. The thousand-year anniversary was celebrated in 1970. In the early days, the name was written as ''Redinchem''. In the 19th century Renkum developed itself. There existed six [[paper mill]]s, three [[Gristmill|water-cornmills]] and one [[Expeller pressing|water-oil mill]]. There were two factories, a [[treacle|treacle factory]] and a [[Potato starch|potato starch-flour factory]]. There was also a [[Brewery|beer brewery]] and a [[tavern]] ''de Bok''.

Nowadays there is still [[Pulp and paper industry|paper industry]] The company is ''Parenco B.V.'', acquired by H2 Equity Partners in 2012.

==Population centres==
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|
*[[Doorwerth]]
*[[Heelsum]]
*[[Heveadorp]]
*[[Oosterbeek]]
*[[Renkum (village)]]
*[[Wolfheze]]
}}

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

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

==Notable people from Renkum==
[[File:Esme-denters.jpg|140px|thumb|Esme Denters, 2009]]
* [[Nol Hendriks]] (1937 in Renkum - 2017), businessman and football executive
* [[Frank Versteegh]] (born 1954 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch aerobatics pilot
* [[Derk Bolt]] (born 1955 in Renkum) a Dutch TV presenter, editor and producer <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1556289/  IMDb Database] retrieved 02 December 2019</ref>
* [[Lans Bovenberg]] (born 1958 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch economist and academic
* [[Stephan Brenninkmeijer]] (born 1964 in Doorwerth), a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002848/   IMDb Database] retrieved 02 December 2019</ref>
* [[Eric Corton]] (born 1969 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch presenter, actor, author and DJ <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0181483/  IMDb Database] retrieved 02 December 2019</ref>
* [[Constant Kusters]] (born 1970 in Oosterbeek), politician
* [[Bjorn Stenvers]] (born 1972) international museum director, grew up in Renkum
* [[Marianne Thieme]] (born 1972) a Dutch politician, author and animal rights activist; grew up in Renkum
* [[Esmée Denters]] (born 1988) a Dutch singer and YouTube celebrity; grew up in Oosterbeek

=== Sport ===
[[File:Ronald Koeman (2014).jpg|140px|thumb|Ronald Koeman, 2014]]
* [[Piet de Zwarte]] (born 1948 in Renkum), water polo player, bronze medallist at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Marion Bultman]] (born 1960, in Oosterbeek) a Dutch sailor, competed at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ronald Koeman]] (born 1963) ex-footballer with 535 club caps, current coach of the [[Netherlands national football team]], lived in Renkum
* [[Peter Hofstede]] (born 1967 in Oosterbeek) a retired football striker with 370 club caps
* [[Albertino Essers]] (born 1969 in Oosterbeek) a former Dutch professional darts player
* [[Rein Baart]] (born 1972 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch former footballer with 254 club caps
* [[Kay van Dijk]] (born 1984 in Renkum) a Dutch volleyball player, competed in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Xan de Waard]] (born 1995 in Renkum), field hockey player, silver medalist at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]

==Image gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Grunsfoort.jpg|Castle Grunsfort (1638)
File:Onopaleis.jpg|Orange Nassau's Oord
File:Oude kerk (PKN) Oosterbeek 2008.jpg|Oldest existing church of the Netherlands (Oosterbeek)
File:2007-04-09 09.02 Oosterbeek, oorlogsmonument.JPG|War memorial in Oosterbeek
</gallery>

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

{{Geographic location

 | Centre    = Renkum
 | North     = [[Ede, Netherlands|Ede]]
 | East      = [[Arnhem]]
 | South     = ''[[Nederrijn]]''<br>[[Overbetuwe]]
 | West      = [[Wageningen]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Renkum}}
{{Gelderland Province}}
{{Authority control}}

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


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