Lingewaal Explained

Lingewaal
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Lingewaal in a municipal map of Gelderland
Coordinates:51.8833°N 12°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gelderland
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:West Betuwe
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1 January 1986
Extinct Title:Merged
Extinct Date:2019
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:2
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:Parts of 4100 and 4200 ranges
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0183, 0345, 0418

Lingewaal (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˌlɪŋəˈʋaːl/) is a former municipality in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

On 1 January 2019, the municipality merged with Geldermalsen and Neerijnen to form the new municipality of West Betuwe.

History

The municipality was formed in 1986 from the former municipalities of Asperen, Heukelum, Herwijnen, Spijk and Vuren, with the exception of Dalem, which was included in the municipality of Gorinchem. Immediately after the merger, the municipality was briefly called Vuren, after the village of the same name. On January 1, 2019, the municipality of Lingewaal merged with Neerijnen and Geldermalsen into the merged municipality of West Betuwe.

Population centres

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Lingewaal, June 2015

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 4147AN . Dutch . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 8 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool . 21 September 2013 .