Cuijk | |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Cuijk in a municipal map of North Brabant |
Coordinates: | 51.7333°N 58°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Brabant |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Land van Cuijk |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 12 |
Population Demonym: | Cuijkenaar |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 5430–5437, 5439 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 0485 |
Cuijk (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /kœyk/) 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.
The former municipality of Cuijk was established by combining the municipalities of Cuijk en Sint Agatha, Beers and Haps in 1994.
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 railway station is on the Nijmegen to Venlo railway.
Population centers and inhabitants in 2020:[2]
Map of the former municipality of Cuijk, 2015
Cuijk was twinned with
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