Lent, Gelderland

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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood and former village

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| image_caption = Church of Lent

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gelderland

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Nijmegen

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6961AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |date = 24 July 2019 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 13 April 2022 }}

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| area_total_km2 = 7.18

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=13 April 2022}}

| population_total = 11,630

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

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| postal_code = 6663

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| area_code = 024

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Lent is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of

Nijmegen, about 2 km north of that city, on the north bank of the Waal river.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1196 as in Lente. The etymology is unclear.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/lent2 |title=Lent - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=13 April 2022 |language=nl}}

The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1329. The tower was added in 1886. Lent was home to 1,171 people in 1840.

Lent was a separate municipality until 1818, when it was merged with Elst.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. {{cite web|url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |accessdate=2009-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archivedate=2007-02-20 }} In 1998, it was merged into Nijmegen. The population at the time of merger was about 3,000 people, however it almost quadrupled in 20 years due to neighbourhoods being built in Lent.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/lent |title=Lent |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=13 April 2022 |language=nl}}

Gallery

File:Nijmegen-Lent, de Maria Geboortekerk RM522954 IMG 2950 2019-11-30 11.15.jpg|Lent, church: the Maria Geboortekerk

File:Citadel College Griftdijk, Griftdijk Noord 9A, Nijmegen.jpg|School in Lent

File:Lent-Nijmegen.jpg|Village view

File:Lent Oasisstraat Nijmegen.jpg|New neighbourhood

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