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Lingewaard
Lingewaard
Municipality
	The Bemmel Theaterchurch
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Gelderland
	Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°54′E / 51.883°N 5.900°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Government
• Body	Municipal Council
• Mayor	Josan Meijers (PvdA)
Area
• Total	69.14 km2 (26.70 sq mi)
• Land	62.00 km2 (23.94 sq mi)
• Water	7.14 km2 (2.76 sq mi)
Elevation	11 m (36 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	46,625
• Density	755/km2 (1,960/sq mi)
Demonym	Lingewaarder
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6680–6681, 6684–6691, 6850–6852
Area code	026, 0481
Website	Lingewaard.nl

Dutch topographic map of Lingewaard (2015)

Lingewaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌlɪŋəˈʋaːrt] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the province of Gelderland, in the most eastern part of the Betuwe. The municipality is situated in the lowlands between the major cities of Arnhem and Nijmegen, where many inhabitants work. Since 2021 it has been part of the Arnhem-Nijmegen Green Metropolitan Region (Dutch: Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen), which aids planning and development in the region's eighteen municipalities.^[5]

Population centres

Lingewaard was formed in 2001 as a merger between the former municipalities of Bemmel, Gendt and Huissen. The municipality was initially named Bemmel after the largest former municipality, but later renamed 'Lingewaard' in a referendum. 'Lingewaard' itself is not a population centre but an artificial name, which is favoured by the majority of the voters. The municipality consists of these population centres.

Towns/villages	Population^[4]
Huissen	19,414
Bemmel	12,161
Gendt	7,230
Angeren	2,857
Doornenburg	2,759
Haalderen	2,061
Ressen	137
Looveer (Loo)	6

The industrial park and hamlet of Looveer (included with Loo) comprises a small area located across the Pannerden Canal. Other notable hamlets in Lingewaard are Hulhuizen (included with Gendt), and Doornik (included with Bemmel). Before 1799, Doornik was a village. This village was destroyed because of a levee breach in 1799, whereby all houses were destroyed, including the church.

Landscape

The municipality lies entirely within the catchment area of the rivers Waal, Nederrijn, and Linge. It generally contains many fertile soils that lie on nutrient-rich river deposits. From an agricultural point of view, Lingewaard is well suited for horticulture. The area contains many greenhouses and orchards.

In the south of Lingewaard lies the rewilding area Gelderse Poort, which is managed by Staatsbosbeheer. This nature reserve contains several Dutch riverscape habitats, including: riparian forests, grasslands, small marshes and kolks. Large herbivores (horses and cattle) roam through parts of the area, and play a major role in the landscape character because of their grazing behaviour.

Notable residents

Notable people from the municipality of Lingewaard include:

Willem Jacob van de Graaf (born 1736 in Huissen – 1804), the 35th Dutch Governor of Ceylon
Syb Talma (born 1864 in Angeren – 1916), a Dutch politician
Gys van Beek (born 1919 in Angeren – 2015), a Dutch-American inventor and member of the Dutch resistance
Joop Puntman (born 1934 in Haalderen – 2013), a Dutch ceramist and sculptor
Cor Melchers (born 1954 in Huissen – 2015), a Dutch painter
Annelies Nuy (born 1960 in Doornenburg), a Dutch fashion designer
Thomas van Aalten (born 1978 in Huissen), a Dutch writer and journalist
Ruben Hein (born 1982 in Bemmel) – Dutch jazz musician

Sport

Erwin van de Looi (born 1972 in Huissen), a Dutch football manager and former player
Stijn Schaars (born 1984 in Gendt), a Dutch former footballer with over 300 club caps

Annual festivals

Participants on the first day of the International Four Days Marches in 2019 (Bergerdensestraat, between Huissen and Bemmel)

Notable annual festivals and events^[6] in Lingewaard include:

International Four Days Marches Nijmegen – A multiple day marching event in mid-July, which comes through Bemmel and Huissen on the first day of event.
Bemmelse Dweildag – An international festival for marching bands in Bemmel, on the second Sunday in June.
Horse Days of Bemmel (Dutch: Bemmelse Paardendagen) – The annual pony market and horserace in Bemmel, around the second Sunday in August.
Cherry Festival of Gendt (Dutch: Gendste Kersenfeest) – Annual festival of Gendt at the end of July.
Under The Milky Way – Local rock festival of Lingewaard, located in the floodplains of Huissen, in the end of August or beginning of September.

Gallery

Town Hall of Lingewaard
The Linge river at Park Lingezegen, Bemmel
The church of Haalderen OLV van Zeven Smarten
View on Doornenburg Castle at Doornenburg
Huissen, chapel at the Duisterestraat-Van Voorststraat
Maria Chapel near the graveyard of Angeren
Gendt (Lingewaard) former Town Hall
The Gent (statue) of Gendt at the Waaldijk
Bergerden, de Linge bij het Verlaten Land Pad
Ressen, reformed church from the Hoeksehofstraat
The Brandspuithuisje (monument) in Ressen
The Swan (statue), town square, Huissen

Twin town

From 2009 to 2014, Lingewaard was twinned with:

Mizil, Prahova County, Romania^[7]

References

^ "Samenstelling College van B&W" [Members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Lingewaard. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 6681BJ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Feiten en cijfers" [Population numbers of the municipality]. 1 January 2020.
^ "Website Groene Metropoolregio Arnhem-Nijmegen" (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ "Events in Lingewaard". Gemeente Lingewaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ Mizil-Lingewaard Twinning Website