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Beneden-Leeuwen
Sign in to saveBeneden-Leeuwen is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 7 km east of Tiel, on the opposite (southern) bank of the river Waal. Beneden-Leeuwen has 6,925 inhabitants on 1 July 2021. It is the Catholic part of the former village Leeuwen.
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Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gelderland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- West Maas en Waal
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 6
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 10.31
- Settlement.population_total
- 6925
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 1 July 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.postal_code
- 6658
- Settlement.area_code_type
- Dialing code
- Settlement.area_code
- 0487
- Settlement.name
- Beneden-Leeuwen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- West Maas en Waal
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
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- Beneden-Leeuwen Rijksmonument 523085 Quisisana Zandstraat 81.jpg
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- postal code
- 6658
- Commons category
- Beneden-Leeuwen
- P8168
- Hashøj Municipality
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Beneden-Leeuwen is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 7 km east of Tiel, on the opposite (southern) bank of the river Waal. Beneden-Leeuwen has 6,925 inhabitants on 1 July 2021. It is the Catholic part of the former village Leeuwen.
== History == It was first called Beneden-Leeuwen in 1986 to distinguish from Boven-Leeuwen. Leeuwen was first attested in the 12th century as Lewen, and means "settlement near burial hill". The village developed along the Waal. In 1898, a Catholic church was built in Beneden-Leeuwen, and the village split in a Catholic (beneden) and a Protestant (boven) village. The St. Alphonsus de Liguori Church was built between 1898 and 1900. In 1840, the entire village of Leeuwen was home to 2,128 people. Windmill De Wielewaal is a grist mill built in 1857.
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