Wageningen | |
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 Wageningen market square | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto: City of Life Sciences | |
.svg) Location in Gelderland | |
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| Coordinates:51°58′N5°40′E / 51.967°N 5.667°E /51.967; 5.667 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| City right | 12 June 1263[1] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Floor Vermeulen (VVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.36 km2 (12.49 sq mi) |
| • Land | 30.42 km2 (11.75 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[5] | |
• Total | 39,635 |
| • Density | 1,303/km2 (3,370/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Wageninger |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6700–6709 |
| Area code | 0317 |
| Website | www |
Wageningen (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈʋaːɣənɪŋə(n)]ⓘ) is amunicipality and a historic city in the centralNetherlands, in the province ofGelderland. It is famous forWageningen University, which specialises inlife sciences. The municipality had a population of 39,635 in 2021, of which many thousands are students from over 150 countries.
71,68% is Dutch, 28,32% has amigration background.
Wageningen is situated on the north bank of theNederrijn (the Dutch portion of theLower Rhine) part of theGelderse Valley [fy;li;nds-nl;nl;zea] and theVeluwe, of which the southwest hill is called theWageningse Berg. Wageningen can be reached by car fromhighways A12 via the N781, A15 via the N233 and N225, and A50 via the N225, and from theEde-Wageningen railway station via a 20-minute bus drive to the Wageningen central terminal (see below).[6],[7]
Topographic map of the municipality of Wageningen, July 2013(click to enlarge)
The oldest known settlements in the Wageningen area were located north of today's town centre.[1] They were mentioned as early as 828. During the early Middle Ages a small church was built on the hill east of the town. Several wood farms have been found near the top of the hill. In the twelfth century people settled at what is currently the Bergstraat. Close toHotel de Wereld a stone floor has been found dating back to this period. After the construction of a dike to protect the city from the acidic water from the moors that then occupied the Gelderse Vallei (the current Hoogstraat), the oldest part of the present city was built to the south. The parts of the city north of the Hoogstraat were built later. Wageningen receivedcity rights in 1263.[1] The city was protected by acity wall and a moat, and in 1526 a castle was built. The castle was dismantled during the 18th century, but the foundations of three of the towers and part of the wall remain visible today.
The people, city, and institutions of Wageningen suffered greatly duringWorld War II. The central part of Wageningen was destroyed by artillery fire soon after the German invasion of the country in May 1940. The town is also famous for its role at the end of the war: Wageningen was the site of the surrender ofOberbefehlshaber Niederlande supreme commanderGeneraloberstJohannes Blaskowitz, toI Canadian Corps commanderLieutenant-GeneralCharles Foulkes, on 5 May 1945, officially ending the war in the Netherlands. The generals negotiated the terms of surrender in theHotel de Wereld, near the center of the city.[1] Now, each year on 5 May, celebrated asLiberation Day in the Netherlands, Wageningen hosts a largefestival. On this occasion, veteran soldiers parade through the city and are honoured for their service, and around 120,000 people[8] visit the pop-podia around the city.[9]
In 1918 the town acquired its first institution of higher education, theLandbouwhogeschool Nederland (Netherlands Agricultural College), which was based on the previous agricultural college founded in 1876, and which later becameWageningen University.[10] This initiated the development from a small historical town into a modern technological community, a process which still continues today.
Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), including associated institutes, now employs about 7400 people.
Today, Wageningen is also the central city inFood Valley,[11] the Dutch food & nutrition cluster concentrated around WUR, and comprising many institutes, companies and facilities in the food & nutrition field. Food Valley is regarded as the largest food & nutrition Research & Development cluster in the world. One such firm, Keygene, a plant research company in Wageningen, developedAFLP in the early 1990s and collaborated withBeijing Genomics Institute to sequence the entire genome ofBrassica napus.
The city had its own professionalfootball (soccer) club,FC Wageningen, which won theKNVB Cup twice.[12][13] The club went bankrupt in 1992 and played its last match in May 1992 againstNAC Breda.
The city is also home to the largestKorfball club in the country, KV Wageningen.
Wageningen is situated on the N225 provincial road, betweenDriebergen andArnhem. The N781 provincial road connects Wageningen to theA12 national highway, to the north of the city. A small ferry (for cars, bikes, and pedestrians) crosses theNederrijn to the south of the city, at Lexkesveer; from there, drivers can connect to theA15 national highway, via the N836 provincial road.
Several firms provide public bus service in and to Wageningen. From the Wageningen central bus terminal, lines connect toRhenen,Tiel,Veenendaal,Utrecht,Oosterbeek, andArnhem, and theEde-Wageningen railway station. Further connections via bus, including to theHoge Veluwe National Park and theKröller-Müller Museum, also may be made at the Ede-Wageningen station. Bus service includes the following:[14]
| Line | Route | Carrier | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | Wageningen – Rhenen NS – Kesteren NS – Lienden - Maurik - Tiel NS | Arriva | |
| 45 | Wageningen – Rhenen NS – Kesteren NS – Ochten - Tiel NS | Arriva | |
| 50 | Wageningen – Rhenen Station NS – Els – Amerongen – Leersum – Doorn – Driebergen-Zeist NS – Utrecht CS | Connexxion | |
| 51 | Wageningen – Renkum – Heelsum – Doorwerth – Heveadorp – Oosterbeek – Arnhem CS | Breng | |
| 352 | Wageningen – Renkum – Heelsum – Oosterbeek – Arnhem CS | Breng | |
| 53 | Wageningen – Renkum – Heteren – Driel – NS Station Arnhem Zuid – Winkelcentrum Kronenburg | Breng | |
| 80 | Wageningen – Rhenen Station NS – Veenendaal centrum – Veenendaal de Klomp NS – Renswoude – Scherpenzeel – Woudenberg – Leusden – Amersfoort CS | Connexxion | |
| 84 | Wageningen – Wageningen Campus – Gelderse Vallei Ziekenhuis – Ede-Wageningen NS | Syntus Gelderland | Part of theValleilijn |
| 86 | Wageningen – Bennekom – Ede-Wageningen NS | Syntus Gelderland | |
| 88 | Wageningen – Wageningen Hoevestein - Gelderse Vallei Ziekenhuis – Ede-Wageningen NS | Syntus Gelderland | Part of theValleilijn |
| N52 - Night bus | Arnhem Willemsplein –Wageningen | Breng | Only Saturday night |
Composition of the Wageningen municipal council since 1982:
| Municipal council seats | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014[15] | 2018 | 2022 | ||||
| GroenLinks* | - | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| Stadspartij Wageningen | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| D66 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| VVD | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| PvdA | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Connect Wageningen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | ||||
| ChristenUnie** | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| CDA | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| SP | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | ||||
| PSP-CPN-PPR | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| RPF-SGP | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Total | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | ||||
*Participated in 1986 with the name PPCE, the abbreviation of PSP-PPR-CPN-EVP.
**Participated in 1998 as a combination of theRPF and theGPV.
Wageningen's mayor Floor Vermeulen (m) (VVD), will be installed on Friday 18 June 2021.
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Wageningen has two twin towns:
The city has a project relation with the towns:Zhangzhou,China and Ndiza, (Rwanda).[27]
Media related toWageningen at Wikimedia Commons
Wageningen travel guide from Wikivoyage
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