Bedum

Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E / 53.300; 6.600
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Bedum
Beem (Gronings)
Former municipality
Church in Westerdijkshorn
Church in Westerdijkshorn
Flag of Bedum
Coat of arms of Bedum
Highlighted position of Bedum in a municipal map of Groningen
Location in Groningen
Bedum is located in Groningen (province)
Bedum
Bedum
Location in the Netherlands
Bedum is located in Netherlands
Bedum
Bedum
Bedum (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E / 53.300; 6.600
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGroningen
Area
 • Total25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi)
Elevation−1 m (−3 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total8,650
 • Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
9781[1]
Area code050
Websitewww.bedum.nl

Bedum (Dutch: [ˈbeːdʏm] ; Gronings: Beem [beɪ̯m]) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by data missing inhabitants in 2021, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of De Marne, Eemsmond and Winsum to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.

Bedum is the site of three supermarkets, several pubs, and a leaning church tower, dubbed "the leaning tower of Bedum". Footballer Arjen Robben was born in Bedum (23 January 1984).

Bedum has a railway station - Bedum railway station.

The leaning tower[edit]

Bedum's 36-metre tower of the St Walfridus church has been calculated as now leaning at a greater angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa. If both towers were the same height, Bedum's would have a greater displacement by 6 cm.[3]

Former population centres[edit]

Notable people[edit]

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 9781JL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  3. ^ Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower, Reuters, 28 August 2009
  4. ^ "De Wiel Coerver Methode" (in Dutch). Vvjps.nl. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2008.

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