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Nieuwegein
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Nieuwegein () is a municipality and city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is bordered on the north by the city of Utrecht, the provincial capital. It is separated from Vianen to the south by the river Lek and borders on IJsselstein in the southwest and Houten in the east. Nieuwegein has 64,606 inhabitants as of 1 December 2021.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nieuwegein
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nieuwegein, Netherlands - panoramio - Ben Bender (25).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Canal through Nieuwegein
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Nieuwegein.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100x67px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Nieuwegein.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Map - NL - Municipality code 0356 (2009).svg
- Settlement.map_alt
- Highlighted position of Nieuwegein in a municipal map of Utrecht
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Utrecht
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Utrecht
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1 July 1971
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipal council
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home | Gemeente Nieuwegein
nieuwegein.nl →Link to the official site · 3,665 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Nieuwegein
- Demonym
- Nieuwegeiner
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Utrecht
- Population
- 63866
- Area
- 32.05
- Elevation
- 1
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Lek
- Shares border with
- IJsselstein
- Official website
- www.nieuwegein.nl
- Image
- Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal.JPG
- Households
- 27036
- Dialing code
- 030
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- Commons category
- Nieuwegein
- postal code
- 3430–3439
- topic's main category
- Category:Nieuwegein
- Commons gallery
- Nieuwegein
- inception
- 1971-00-00
- twinned administrative body
- Puławy
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Nieuwegein
- native label
- Nieuwegein
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Demographics
- Social characteristics & issues
- Transportation
- Buildings
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Nieuwegein () is a municipality and city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is bordered on the north by the city of Utrecht, the provincial capital. It is separated from Vianen to the south by the river Lek and borders on IJsselstein in the southwest and Houten in the east. Nieuwegein has 64,606 inhabitants as of 1 December 2021.
Several national sports federations are housed in Nieuwegein, including the NeVoBo (volleyball), KNZB (swimming), NBb (basketball) and KNCB (cricket).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nieuwegein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (13)
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