Beuningen

East of Beuningen lies the city Nijmegen. Beuningen had a population of in popbaseyear. There is a restored windmill in the town, De Haag.

• Name — Beuningen • Type — Municipality • Shield Size — 100x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Netherlands • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Gelderland • Governing Body — Municipal council • Leader Party — D66 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Daphne Bergman (acting) • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — Beuningen • Area Land Km2 — Beuningen • Area Water Km2 — Beuningen • Elevation M — 9 • Population Total — Beuningen • Population As Of — popbasemonth popbaseyear • Population Density Km2 — Beuningen • Population Demonym — Beuninger • Time Zone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postcode • Postal Code — 6550–6551, 6640–6645 • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 024, 0487 • Website — 1=http: www.beuningen.nl

The area in and around Beuningen was inhabited by the Romans. There are regularly excavations done in which Roman rests are found. In the 15th century there stood a small castle: Blanckenburgh. It was probably destroyed during the Eighty Years' War by Maurice of Orange. Until about 1900 Beuningen was a poor farmers village, often struck by floods. Nevertheless, there were a few rich families, mostly farmers with a lot of land, who paid the highest tax in the area. On 1 January 1818 the municipality annexed the town of Weurt to the east, and on 1 July 1980 the town of Ewijk to the west. Nowadays Beuningen has grown to a suburb of Nijmegen, with a lot of new neighbourhoods.

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Beuningen, June 2015.

There are several monuments in Beuningen. Here are a few (in chronological order):

• Willem Joseph baron van Ghent tot Drakenburgh (1626 in Winssen – 1672) a 17th-century Dutch admiral • Willie Smits (born 1957, in Weurt) a trained forester, microbiologist, conservationist, animal rights activist, wilderness engineer and social entrepreneur in Borneo • Bas van Bemmelen (born 1989 in Beuningen) a volleyball player with the Netherlands men's national volleyball team

• Illustration — Beuningen, church: de Corneliuskerk • Illustration — Beuningse Uiterwaarden during high water in the Waal • Illustration — Sculptuur made by Ronald Tolman in Beuningen • Illustration — Artwork 'De Cirkel' by Anneke van Bergen on roundabout in Beuningen • Illustration — Ewijk, tower: the Oude Toren • Illustration — Ewijk, Beuningen, scheepvaart op de Waal • Illustration — Weurt, Beuningen • Illustration — Winssen, medieval church tower