Bedum | |
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Former municipality | |
) Church in Westerdijkshorn | |
) Flag ) Coat of arms | |
.svg.gif')) Location in Groningen | |
)  Bedum Location in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.96 km2 (17.36 sq mi) |
| • Land | 44.57 km2 (17.21 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | −1 m (−3 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 9780–9789, 9959 |
| Area code | 050 |
| Website | www |
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Bedum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbeːdɵm] , Gronings: Beem) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by inhabitants in 2019, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of De Marne, Eemsmond and Winsum to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.
Bedum is the site of three supermarkets, several pubs, and a leaning church tower, dubbed "the leaning tower of Bedum". Footballer Arjen Robben was born in Bedum (23 January 1984).
Bedum has a railway station - Bedum railway station.
The leaning tower
Bedum's 36-metre tower of the St Walfridus church has been calculated as now leaning at a greater angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. If both towers were the same height, Bedum's would have a greater displacement by 6 cm.[4]
Population centres
- Bedum
- Noordwolde
- Onderdendam
- Zuidwolde
- Ellerhuizen
- Westerdijkshorn
Mayors
- 1860-1873 J.H. Leopold (previously mayor of Adorp)
- 1873-1878 W.J. Bekker
- 1878-1895 R.J. van Bruggen
- 1895-1909 dr H.V. Schleurholts
- 1909-1914 Simon Berman (previously of Kwadijk, Warder, and Middelie and of Schagen, subsequently of Alblasserdam)
- 1914-1917 Klaas van Sevenhoven (ARP) (previously of Stedum, subsequently of Onstwedde)
- 1917-1943 M. Jouwstra (ARP) (previously town clerk of Ambt Hardenberg)
- 1943-194? I.G. Timmer (NSB)
- 19??-1962 J.N. Spoelstra
- 1962-1971 J.C. Lindeboom (ARP)
- 1971-1991 Albert Smallenbroek (ARP/CDA)
- 1991-2009 Wilte Everts (CDA)
- 2010-2017 Henk Bakker (CDA)
- 2017-2018 Erica van Lente (PvdA, acting)
Notable people
- Arjen Robben, professional footballer for Groningen[5]
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9781JL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower, Reuters, 28 August 2009
- ^ "De Wiel Coerver Methode" (in Dutch). Vvjps.nl. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
External links
- Official website
- J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Bedum". Map of the municipality around 1868.