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West Betuwe
Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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West Betuwe is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. West Betuwe had 51.948 inhabitants on 1 January 2022.
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The municipality was formed on 1 January 2019 by the merger of the municipalities Geldermalsen, Neerijnen, Lingewaal.
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Topography
Notable people
- Dirk Willems (born in Asperen - died 1569) a Dutch martyred Anabaptist
- Cornelius Jansen (1585 in Acquoy – 1638) the Catholic Bishop of Ypres, father of Jansenism[3]
- Johannes, Count van den Bosch (1780 in Herwijnen – 1844) an officer and politician; Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1830–1833
- Jan Karel van den Broek (1814 in Herwijnen – 1865) a physician based at Nagasaki, in Bakumatsu
- Otto Willem Arnold baron van Verschuer (1927 in Beesd – 2014) a Dutch politician
Sport
- Jan Kleyn (1925 in Asperen – 2009) a sprinter, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Hendrik Pieter de Jongh (born 1970 in Asperen) a football manager and former player
- Léon van Bon (born 1972 in Asperen) a retired road racing cyclist, silver medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Selma Poutsma (born 1999) from Deil, a speed skater and gold medallist at the 2022 Winter Olympics
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Gallery
Gellicum, church: the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Geboortekerk
Herwijnen, Radar
Deil, reformed church
Deil, windmill: molen de Vlinder
Ophemert, view to the village
Acquoy, church
Beesd, church
Varik, windmill
Nieuwe Zuiderlingedijk Keersluisje
Water level recording shed
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References
External links
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