Bedum

Bedum
Municipality

Church in Westerdijkshorn

Flag

Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Bedum in a municipal map of Groningen
Location in Groningen
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
Country Netherlands
Province Groningen
Government[1]
  Body Municipal council
  Mayor Henk Bakker (CDA)
Area[2]
  Total 44.96 km2 (17.36 sq mi)
  Land 44.57 km2 (17.21 sq mi)
  Water 0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Elevation[3] -1 m (−3 ft)
Population (May 2014)[4]
  Total 10,459
  Density 235/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 9780–9789, 9959
Area code 050
Website www.bedum.nl
Topographic map of Bedum, June 2015

Bedum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbeːdɵm], Gronings: Beem) is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by 10,459 inhabitants in 2014, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns.

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.[5]

Population centres

Mayors

Notable people

References

  1. "drs. Bakker (CDA), H.P. (Henk)" (in Dutch). Gemeente Bedum. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. "Postcodetool for 9781JL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  5. Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower, Reuters, 28 August 2009
  6. "De Wiel Coerver Methode" (in Dutch). Vvjps.nl. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2008.

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