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Bedum
Bedum
Beem (Gronings) | |
|---|---|
Former municipality | |
 Church in Westerdijkshorn | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Groningen | |
  Bedum Location in the Netherlands  Bedum Bedum (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | −1 m (−3 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 8,650 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 9781[1] |
| Area code | 050 |
| Website | www |
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.
- ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 9781JL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
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