Herwijnen

Herwijnen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 11 km east of Gorinchem.

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Vinony's link graph records 46 inbound references to Herwijnen, and connects out to municipality of the Netherlands, Spijk and Netherlands.

Vinony files it under Former municipalities of Gelderland, Populated places in Gelderland and West Betuwe.

Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality: Herwijnen
Region: Gelderland
Country: Nederland
Population: 2,305
Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Herwijnen
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.native_name_lang: nl
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Herwijnen - Waaldijk 139 - Nederlands hervormde kerk (03).JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Herwijnen
Settlement.image_shield: Herwijnen wapen.svg
Settlement.motto: <!--
Settlement.image_map: LocatieLingewaal.png
Settlement.image_map1: Map NL - Lingewaal - Herwijnen.png
Settlement.map_caption1: The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Herwijnen in the former municipality of Lingewaal. -->
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gelderland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: West Betuwe

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of the Netherlands
Country: Netherlands
Located in: Gelderland
Population: 2353
Time zone: UTC+01:00

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Herwijnen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Betuwe, and lies about 11 km east of Gorinchem.

Herwijnen was a separate municipality until 1986, when it was merged with Vuren, Asperen, Heukelum and Spijk as municipality of Lingewaal. Since 2019 Lingewaal merged with Geldermalsen and Neerijnen in the new municipality of West Betuwe.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Herwijnen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.