| Beneden-Leeuwen | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - West Maas en Waal - Beneden-Leeuwen.png |
| Map Caption1: | The town centre (red) and the statistical district (light green) of Beneden-Leeuwen in the municipality of West Maas en Waal.--> |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Gelderland#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gelderland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | West Maas en Waal |
| Coordinates: | 51.8833°N 36°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 6 |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.31 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 6925 |
| Population As Of: | 1 July 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 6658 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0487 |
Beneden-Leeuwen is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 7 km east of Tiel, on the opposite (southern) bank of the river Waal.Beneden-Leeuwen has 6,925 inhabitants on 1 July 2021.[2] It is the Catholic part of the former village Leeuwen.
It was first called Beneden-Leeuwen in 1986 to distinguish from Boven-Leeuwen.[3] Leeuwen was first attested in the 12th century as Lewen, and means "settlement near burial hill".[4] The village developed along the Waal. In 1898, a Catholic church was built in Beneden-Leeuwen, and the village split in a Catholic (beneden) and a Protestant (boven) village.[5] The St. Alphonsus de Liguori Church was built between 1898 and 1900.[6] In 1840, the entire village of Leeuwen was home to 2,128 people.[7] Windmill De Wielewaal is a grist mill built in 1857.[8]