Cuijk | |
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Municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 51°44′N 5°53′E / 51.733°N 5.883°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Wim Hillenaar (CDA) |
| Area | |
| • 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 | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population (January 2019)[4] | |
| • Total | 24,931 |
| • Density | 487/km2 (1,260/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Cuijkenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 5430–5437, 5439 |
| Area code | 0485 |
| Website | www |
Cuijk (Dutch pronunciation: [kœyk] ) is a municipality and a town in upper southeastern Netherlands 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 very 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 has a railway station on the Nijmegen to Venlo railway.
Population centres
Population centers include:
- Beers
- Haps
- Katwijk
- Linden
- Sint Agatha
- Vianen
Topography
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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Cuijk, June 2015
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Transportation
- Cuijk railway station
Twin towns
Cuijk is twinned with
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Notable people
- Jan de Quay (1901 – 1985 in Beers) a Dutch politician and psychologist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1959/1963
- Pieter Bogaers (1924 in Cuijk – 2008) a Dutch politician
- Jordie van der Laan (born 1993 in Cuijk) a Dutch football player
Gallery
Cuijk, church: Sint-Martinuskerk
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Sint-Martinuskerk viewed from the Maas river
Cuijk, windmill: windmolen Jan van Cuijk
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Former town hall, between Katwijk and Linden
Vianen, church
Kraaijenbergse Plassen, drawing bridge
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References
- ^ "College" [Board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Cuijk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 5431BV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
External links
Media related to Cuijk at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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