Beneden-Leeuwen | |
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Town | |
 Former town hall of Beneden-Leeuwen | |
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| Coordinates:51°53′N5°31′E / 51.883°N 5.517°E /51.883; 5.517 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Municipality | West Maas en Waal |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.31 km2 (3.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population (1 July 2021)[1] | |
• Total | 6,925 |
| • Density | 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6658[1] |
| Dialing code | 0487 |
Beneden-Leeuwen is a town in theDutch province ofGelderland. It is a part of the municipality ofWest Maas en Waal, and lies about 7 km east ofTiel, on the opposite (southern) bank of the riverWaal.Beneden-Leeuwen has 6,925 inhabitants on 1 July 2021.[1] It is the Catholic part of the former village Leeuwen.
It was first called Beneden-Leeuwen in 1986 to distinguish fromBoven-Leeuwen.[3] Leeuwen was first attested in the 12th century as Lewen, and means "settlement near burial hill".[4] The village developed along theWaal. In 1898, a Catholic church was built in Beneden-Leeuwen, and the village split in a Catholic (beneden) and a Protestant (boven) village.[5] The St. Alphonsus de Liguori Church was built between 1898 and 1900.[6] In 1840, the entire village of Leeuwen was home to 2,128 people.[7] WindmillDe Wielewaal is agrist mill built in 1857.[8]
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