Renkum Explained

Renkum
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Renkum in a municipal map of Gelderland
Coordinates:51.9833°N 56°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gelderland
Government Footnotes:[1]
Governing Body:Municipal council
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Mrs. A.M.J. (Agnes) Schaap[2]
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[3]
Elevation M:51
Population Demonym:Renkumer
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:6860–6874
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:026, 0317

Renkum (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈrɛŋkʏm/) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.The municipality had a population of in and has a land area of NaNRenkum}}. Renkum is situated along the river Rhine. The municipality Renkum is part of the Stadsregio (English: City region) Arnhem-Nijmegen.

The surrounding of the municipality are mainly forest and river forelands. In the forest one can find tumulus of thousand years old. Findings from these tumulus can be seen in the Historic museum in Arnhem.[4]

History

Renkum is more than a thousand years old. The thousand-year anniversary was celebrated in 1970. In the early days, the name was written as Redinchem. In the 19th century Renkum developed itself. There existed six paper mills, three water-cornmills and one water-oil mill. There were two factories, a treacle factory and a potato starch-flour factory. There was also a beer brewery and a tavern de Bok.

Nowadays there is still paper industry The company is Parenco B.V., acquired by H2 Equity Partners in 2012.

Population centres

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Renkum, June 2015.

Notable people from Renkum

Sport

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Burgemeester . Mayor . nl . Gemeente Renkum . 15 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162234/http://www.renkum.nl/Bestuur_en_Organisatie/College_B_W/Burgemeester . 14 July 2014.
  2. https://www.renkum.nl/Bestuur/College_B_W/Burgemeester_en_wethouders Mayor Schaap
  3. Web site: Postcodetool for 6861GG . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 15 July 2014.
  4. http://www.hmarnhem.nl/ Historic museum Arnhem
  5. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1556289/ IMDb Database
  6. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002848/ IMDb Database
  7. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0181483/ IMDb Database