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Bedum

Bedum is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by an unknown number of inhabitants in 2021, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of De Marne, Eemsmond and Winsum to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.

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Bedum
Beem (Gronings)
Former municipality
Church in Westerdijkshorn
Church in Westerdijkshorn
Flag of Bedum
Flag
Coat of arms of Bedum
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Bedum in a municipal map of Groningen
Location in Groningen
Bedum
Location in the Netherlands
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Bedum
Bedum (Netherlands)
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Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E / 53.300; 6.600
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGroningen
Area
1
 • Total
25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi)
Elevation
2
−1 m (−3.3 ft)
Population
 (2021)1
 • Total
8,650
 • Density346/km2 (895/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
97811
Area code050
Websitewww.bedum.nl

Bedum (Dutch: [ˈbeːdʏm] ⓘ; Gronings: Beem [beɪ̯m]) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by an unknown number of inhabitants (data missing) in 2021, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of De Marne, Eemsmond and Winsum to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.

Bedum is the site of three supermarkets, several pubs, and a leaning church tower, dubbed "the leaning tower of Bedum". Footballer Arjen Robben was born in Bedum (23 January 1984).

Bedum has a railway station - Bedum railway station.

The leaning tower

Bedum's 36-metre tower of the St Walfridus church has been calculated as now leaning at a greater angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. If both towers were the same height, Bedum's would have a greater displacement by 6 cm.3

Former population centres

Notable people

  • 't Blauw Borgje in winter
    't Blauw Borgje in winter
  • Bridge over Boterdiep
    Bridge over Boterdiep
  • Air watchtower in Bedum
    Air watchtower in Bedum
  • Topographic map of Bedum, June 2015
    Topographic map of Bedum, June 2015
References

References

  1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. "Postcodetool for 9781JL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  3. Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower, Reuters, 28 August 2009
  4. "De Wiel Coerver Methode" (in Dutch). Vvjps.nl. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
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