Berg en Dal
Municipality
Schoonoord estate
Schoonoord estate
Flag of Berg en Dal
Flag
Coat of arms of Berg en Dal
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Berg en Dal in a municipal map of Gelderland
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 51°47′N 5°56′E / 51.783°N 5.933°E / 51.783; 5.933
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceGelderland
Established2015 (renamed in 2016)
Government
[1]
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorMark Slinkman (CDA)
Area
[2]
 • Total93.28 km2 (36.02 sq mi)
 • Land86.31 km2 (33.32 sq mi)
 • Water6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
34 m (112 ft)
Population
 (January 2021)[4]
 • Total35,010
 • Density406/km2 (1,050/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
6560–6564, 6570–6572
Area code024
Websitewww.bergendal.nl
Map of the municipality of Berg en Dal

Berg en Dal (literally in English: Mountain and Valley) is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It was formed through a merger of the municipalities of Groesbeek, Millingen aan de Rijn and Ubbergen in 2015. The resulting larger municipality maintained the name of Groesbeek until 2016, when it was renamed to Berg en Dal after the village of Berg en Dal.[5]

Berg en Dal has about 34,714 inhabitants and covers an area of about 93 km². The municipality borders in the north on the Waal river and the Bijlands Kanaal, in the east on the German forest of the Reichswald, in the south on the province of Limburg, in the southwest on the forest of the Mookerheide (also Limburg), and in the west on the city of Nijmegen.

Berg en Dal is slightly hilly with altitudes reaching 75 meters at the Duivelsberg, a hill in the municipality.

The route of the International Four Days Marches Nijmegen goes through the municipality on the 3rd day (Day of Groesbeek).

Population centres

Politics

The municipal council has 25 members. The 2022 election results were as follows:[9]

After this election, Kernachtig Groesbeek and LOKAAL! formed a coalition.[10] The municipal executive consists of mayor Mark Slinkman (CDA) and four aldermen, drawn from the coalition parties.[1]

Notable people

Dries van Agt, 1980
Sharon Gesthuizen, 2009

Sport

Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b "Samenstelling college" [Composition of executive]. www.bergendal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Postcodetool for 6562AH". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Naam Berg en Dal toch op kombord Groesbeek". de Gelderlander. 24 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-25. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b Mainly in German Kranenburg municipality.
  7. ^ Former hamlet.
  8. ^ De facto a neighbourhood of Nijmegen.
  9. ^ "Berg en Dal municipal election 2022". www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl (in Dutch). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Samenstelling gemeenteraad" [Composition of the council]. www.bergendal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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Places adjacent to Berg en Dal (municipality)
Populated places in the municipality of Berg en Dal
Municipalities of Gelderland
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