Lingewaal

Lingewaal
Lingewaal
Former municipality
	Former windmill in Herwijnen
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Gelderland
	Coordinates: 51°53′N 5°7′E / 51.883°N 5.117°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Municipality	West Betuwe
Established	1 January 1986
Merged	2019
Area
• Total	54.49 km2 (21.04 sq mi)
• Land	50.44 km2 (19.47 sq mi)
• Water	4.05 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	data missing
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	Parts of 4100 and 4200 ranges
Area code	0183, 0345, 0418
Website	www.lingewaal.nl

Lingewaal (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌlɪŋəˈʋaːl] ^ⓘ) is a former municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

On 1 January 2019, the municipality merged with Geldermalsen and Neerijnen to form the new municipality of West Betuwe.

History[edit]

The municipality was formed in 1986 from the former municipalities of Asperen, Heukelum, Herwijnen, Spijk and Vuren, with the exception of Dalem, which was included in the municipality of Gorinchem. Immediately after the merger, the municipality was briefly called Vuren, after the village of the same name. On January 1, 2019, the municipality of Lingewaal merged with Neerijnen and Geldermalsen into the merged municipality of West Betuwe.

Population centres[edit]

Topography[edit]

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Lingewaal, June 2015

References[edit]

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 4147AN". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.