Bedum
Bedum Beem (Gronings) | |
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Former municipality | |
![]() Church in Westerdijkshorn | |
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![]() Location in Groningen | |
53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E / 53.300; 6.600 | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Groningen |
Area [1] | |
• Total | 25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi) |
Elevation [2] | −1 m (−3 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 8,650 |
• Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 9781[1] |
Area code | 050 |
Website | www |
Bedum (Dutch: [ˈbeːdʏm] ⓘ; Gronings: Beem [beɪ̯m]) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by data missing 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.
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
- Bedum
- Noordwolde
- Onderdendam
- Zuidwolde
- Ellerhuizen
- Westerdijkshorn
Notable people
- Arjen Robben, professional footballer[4]
Gallery
- 't Blauw Borgje in winter
- Bridge over Boterdiep
- Air watchtower in Bedum
- Topographic map of Bedum, June 2015
References
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9781JL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower, Reuters, 28 August 2009
- ^ "De Wiel Coerver Methode" (in Dutch). Vvjps.nl. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
External links
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- Official website
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- Bedum
- Noordwolde
- Onderdendam
- Zuidwolde
- Ellerhuizen
- Westerdijkshorn
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