Cuijk (municipality)

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Cuijk
Former municipality
Monumental church in Cuijk
Monumental church in Cuijk
Flag of Cuijk
Flag
Coat of arms of Cuijk
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Cuijk in a municipal map of North Brabant
Location of the former municipality of Cuijk in North Brabant
Coordinates: 51°44′N 5°53′E / 51.733°N 5.883°E / 51.733; 5.883Coordinates: 51°44′N 5°53′E / 51.733°N 5.883°E / 51.733; 5.883
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Brabant
MunicipalityLand van Cuijk
Area
[1]
 • Total57.07 km2 (22.03 sq mi)
 • Land51.16 km2 (19.75 sq mi)
 • Water5.91 km2 (2.28 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (January 2019)[3]
 • Total24,931
 • Density487/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Cuijkenaar
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
5430–5437, 5439
Area code0485
Websitewww.cuijk.nl

Cuijk (Dutch pronunciation: [kœyk] (audio speaker iconlisten)) is a former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Cuijk, Boxmeer, Grave, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.

Population centres[edit]

The main population center Cuijk is of pre-historic origin. Its existence is recorded on the Roman roadmap Tabula Peutingeriana under the name of Ceuclum. It is a big commuter town with good public transport services to nearby Nijmegen. The nearest hospital is at Boxmeer and the nearest international airport is situated in the German town of Weeze. Cuijk has a railway station on the Nijmegen to Venlo railway.

Population centers and inhabitants in 2020:[4]

Topography[edit]

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Map of the former municipality of Cuijk, 2015

Station, Cuijk

Transportation[edit]

Twin towns[edit]

Cuijk is twinned with

Notable people[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • Cuijk, church: Sint-Martinuskerk

  • Sint-Martinuskerk viewed from the Maas river

  • Cuijk, windmill: windmolen Jan van Cuijk

  • Former town hall, between Katwijk and Linden

  • Vianen, church

  • Kraaijenbergse Plassen, double-beam drawbridge

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 5431BV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. ^ "CBS in uw buurt" (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

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