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.
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.
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Lingewaal, June 2015