Bennekom
Sign in to savethumb|180px|right|Bennekom, Old Church Bennekom is a village and parish in the Netherlands, which is part of the Municipality of Ede in the south-west of the Veluwe district of the Province of Gelderland. It adjoins the town of Wageningen on the Lower-Rhine to the south, and Ede to the north, Veenendaal to the west and Renkum to the east. The western boundary of the parish follows the canalized River Grift and is also the boundary with the Province of Utrecht.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bennekom
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bennekom vlag.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Aartvanbennekom.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 200px
- Settlement.image_alt
- Statue along the old railwaytrack
- Settlement.image_caption
- Statue along the old railwaytrack
- Settlement.image_map
- Map - NL - Ede - Wijk 30 Bennekom.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Ede with Bennekom highlighted
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Gelderland
- Population
- +885
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Bennekom, kerk1 foto5 2010-03-02 15.35.JPG
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Public services
- St Alexander’s Church
- Archaeology and history
- History
- World War II
- Modern history
- Notable people
- References
- External links
thumb|180px|right|Bennekom, Old Church Bennekom is a village and parish in the Netherlands, which is part of the Municipality of Ede in the south-west of the Veluwe district of the Province of Gelderland. It adjoins the town of Wageningen on the Lower-Rhine to the south, and Ede to the north, Veenendaal to the west and Renkum to the east. The western boundary of the parish follows the canalized River Grift and is also the boundary with the Province of Utrecht.
The earliest forms of the name are Beringhem (1288) and Berinchem (1296), meaning the settlement of the people of Bero, who probably lived around the 6th to 10th century.