Nijmegen
municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands
Nijmegen is a city in Gelderland in the east of the Netherlands. It has about 177,000 inhabitants (2021) and a university, called Radboud University Nijmegen.
Nijmegen
Nimeguen | |
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City and municipality | |
 Nijmegen city view from the north west | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Gelderland | |
| Coordinates: 51°51′N 5°52′E / 51.850°N 5.867°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Founded | 98, as Novio Magus |
| Founded by | Trajan |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Hubert Bruls (CDA) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 57.63 km2 (22.25 sq mi) |
| • Land | 53.09 km2 (20.50 sq mi) |
| • Water | 4.54 km2 (1.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 88 m (289 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Municipality | 176,731 |
| • Density | 3,329/km2 (8,620/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 168,840 |
| • Metro | 287,517 |
| Demonym | Nijmegenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6500–6547, 6679, 6683 |
| Area code | 024, 0481 |
| Website | www |
References
change- ↑ "Burgemeester" [Mayor] (in Dutch). Gemeente Nijmegen. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 6511PP". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; Regionale kerncijfers Nederland" [Regional core figures Netherlands]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
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