Lingewaal

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Lingewaal

| settlement_type = Former municipality

| image_skyline = Herwijnen De Jager 8983.JPG

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Former windmill in Herwijnen

| image_flag = Lingewaal vlag.svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Lingewaal wapen.svg

| shield_size = 100x80px

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0733 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Lingewaal in a municipal map of Gelderland

| map_caption = Location in Gelderland

| coordinates = {{coord|51|53|N|5|7|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| 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

| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}

| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Lingewaal}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Lingewaal}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Lingewaal}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

|url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title=Postcodetool for 4147AN

|language=Dutch

|work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher=Het Waterschapshuis

|accessdate=8 July 2014

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|archivedate=21 September 2013

}}

| elevation_m = 2

| elevation_max_footnotes =

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| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_m =

| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}

| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Lingewaal}}

| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}

| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Lingewaal}}

| population_demonym =

| 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

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.lingewaal.nl}}

| footnotes =

}}

Lingewaal ({{IPA|nl|ˌlɪŋəˈʋaːl|-|Nl-Lingewaal.ogg}}) 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

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Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Lingewaal, June 2015

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