Bedum

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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 is located in Netherlands
Bedum
Bedum
Location in the Netherlands
Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E / 53.300; 6.600Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E / 53.300; 6.600
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGroningen
Area
[1]
 • Total44.96 km2 (17.36 sq mi)
 • Land44.57 km2 (17.21 sq mi)
 • Water0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
−1 m (−3 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
9780–9789, 9959
Area code050
Websitewww.bedum.nl
Topographic map of Bedum, June 2015

Bedum (Dutch: [ˈbeːdʏm] (About this soundlisten); Gronings: Beem) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by inhabitants in 2019, 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[edit]

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.[4]

Population centres[edit]

Notable people[edit]

See also: List of mayors of Bedum

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 9781JL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. ^ Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower, Reuters, 28 August 2009
  5. ^ "De Wiel Coerver Methode" (in Dutch). Vvjps.nl. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2008.

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