Renkum

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Renkum

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Renkum, straatzicht met kerktoren foto1 2012-05-29 15.32.JPG

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Renkum town streetview with church tower in the background

| image_flag = Flag of Renkum.svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Coat of arms of Renkum.svg

| shield_size = 100x80px

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0274 (2009).svg

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

| map_caption = Location in Gelderland

| coordinates = {{coord|51|59|N|5|51|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gelderland

| government_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.renkum.nl/Bestuur_en_Organisatie/College_B_W/Burgemeester

|title = Burgemeester

|trans-title = Mayor

|language = nl

|publisher = Gemeente Renkum

|access-date = 15 July 2014

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714162234/http://www.renkum.nl/Bestuur_en_Organisatie/College_B_W/Burgemeester

|archive-date = 14 July 2014

}}

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Mrs. A.M.J. (Agnes) Schaap[https://www.renkum.nl/Bestuur/College_B_W/Burgemeester_en_wethouders Mayor Schaap]

| unit_pref = Metric

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

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

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

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

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

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

|title = Postcodetool for 6861GG

|language = nl

|author =

|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 15 July 2014}}

| elevation_m = 51

| elevation_max_footnotes =

| elevation_max_m =

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_m =

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

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

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

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

| 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

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

| footnotes =

}}

Renkum ({{IPA|nl|ˈrɛŋkʏm|-|Nl-Renkum.ogg}}) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.

The municipality had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Renkum}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}} and has a land area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality land area|Renkum}}|km2|abbr=on}}. 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.[http://www.hmarnhem.nl/ Historic museum Arnhem] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830203636/http://www.hmarnhem.nl/ |date=2009-08-30 }}

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=

File:Gem-Renkum-OpenTopo.jpg

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

Notable people from Renkum

File:Esme-denters.jpg

  • Nol Hendriks (1937 in Renkum - 2017), businessman and football executive
  • Frank Versteegh (born 1954 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch aerobatics pilot
  • Derk Bolt (born 1955 in Renkum) a Dutch TV presenter, editor and producer [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1556289/ IMDb Database] retrieved 02 December 2019
  • Lans Bovenberg (born 1958 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch economist and academic
  • Stephan Brenninkmeijer (born 1964 in Doorwerth), a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and producer [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002848/ IMDb Database] retrieved 02 December 2019
  • Eric Corton (born 1969 in Oosterbeek) a Dutch presenter, actor, author and DJ [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0181483/ IMDb Database] retrieved 02 December 2019
  • Constant Kusters (born 1970 in Oosterbeek), politician
  • Bjorn Stenvers (born 1972) international museum director, grew up in Renkum
  • Marianne Thieme (born 1972) a Dutch politician, author and animal rights activist; grew up in Renkum
  • Esmée Denters (born 1988) a Dutch singer and YouTube celebrity; grew up in Oosterbeek

= Sport =

File:Ronald Koeman (2014).jpg

References

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