Renkum
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Renkum town streetview with church tower in the background
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Location in Gelderland
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| Coordinates: 51°59′N 5°51′E / 51.983°N 5.850°E / 51.983; 5.850 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Mrs. A.M.J. (Agnes) Schaap[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 47.23 km2 (18.24 sq mi) |
| • Land | 45.95 km2 (17.74 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.28 km2 (0.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 51 m (167 ft) |
| Population
(January 2021)[5]
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| • Total | 31,417 |
| • Density | 684/km2 (1,770/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Renkumer |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode |
6860–6874
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| Area code | 026, 0317 |
| Website | www |
Renkum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛŋkʏm] ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of 31,417 in 2021 and has a land area of 45.95 km2 (17.74 sq mi). 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.[6]
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 mills, three water-cornmills and one water-oil mill. There were two factories, a treacle factory and a potato starch-flour factory. There was also a beer brewery and a tavern de Bok.
Nowadays there is still paper industry The company is Parenco B.V., acquired by H2 Equity Partners in 2012.
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Renkum, June 2015.
Media related to Renkum at Wikimedia Commons
Places adjacent to Renkum
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