Cuijk (municipality)

Cuijk (Dutch pronunciation: [kœyk] ^ⓘ) is a former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Cuijk, Boxmeer, Grave, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.

Cuijk
Former municipality
Monumental church in Cuijk
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the former municipality of Cuijk in North Brabant
Coordinates: 51°44′N 5°53′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Land van Cuijk
Area [1]
• Total	57.07 km2 (22.03 sq mi)
• Land	51.16 km2 (19.75 sq mi)
• Water	5.91 km2 (2.28 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[3]
• Total	25,404
• Density	497/km2 (1,290/sq mi)
Demonym	Cuijkenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	5430–5437, 5439
Area code	0485
Website	www.cuijk.nl

The former municipality of Cuijk was established by combining the municipalities of Cuijk en Sint Agatha, Beers and Haps in 1994.

Population centres

The main population center Cuijk is of pre-historic origin. Its existence is recorded on the Roman roadmap Tabula Peutingeriana under the name of Ceuclum. It is a big commuter town with good public transport services to nearby Nijmegen. The nearest hospital is at Boxmeer and the nearest international airport is situated in the German town of Weeze. Cuijk railway station is on the Nijmegen to Venlo railway.

Population centers and inhabitants in 2020:^[4]

• Cuijk 18,170
• Beers 1,680
• Haps 2,850
• Katwijk 395
• Linden 270
• Sint Agatha 495
• Vianen 1,280

Topography

Map of the former municipality of Cuijk, 2015

Station, Cuijk

Transportation

• Cuijk railway station

Twin towns

Cuijk was twinned with

Maldon, Essex, UK. Přerov, Olomoucký kraj, ČR.

Notable people

• Jan de Quay (1901 – 1985 in Beers) Dutch politician, psychologist and Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1959–1963
• Pieter Bogaers (1924 in Cuijk – 2008) Dutch politician
• Jordie van der Laan (born 1993 in Cuijk) Dutch football player

Gallery

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  Cuijk, church: Sint-Martinuskerk
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  Sint-Martinuskerk viewed from the Maas river
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  Cuijk, windmill: windmolen Jan van Cuijk
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  Former town hall, between Katwijk and Linden
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  Vianen, church
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  Kraaijenbergse Plassen, double-beam drawbridge