Nijmegen

Nijmegen Nimeguen
City and municipality
Nijmegen city view from the north west
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Gelderland
Coordinates: 51°51′N 5°52′E / 51.850°N 5.867°E / 51.850; 5.867
Country	Netherlands
Province	Gelderland
Founded	98, as Novio Magus
Founded by	Trajan
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Hubert Bruls (CDA)
Area [2]
• Municipality	57.63 km2 (22.25 sq mi)
• Land	53.09 km2 (20.50 sq mi)
• Water	4.54 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	29 m (95 ft)
Highest elevation	88 m (289 ft)
Lowest elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population  (Municipality, January 2019; Urban and Metro, May 2014)[4][5]
• Municipality	176,731
• Density	3,329/km2 (8,620/sq mi)
• Urban	168,840
• Metro	287,517
Demonym	Nijmegenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6500–6547, 6679, 6683
Area code	024, 0481
Website	www.nijmegen.nl

Nijmegen is a city in Gelderland in the east of the Netherlands. It has about 177,000 inhabitants (2021) and a university, called Radboud University Nijmegen.

1. ↑ "Burgemeester" [Mayor] (in Dutch). Gemeente Nijmegen. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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 6511PP". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
4. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
5. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; Regionale kerncijfers Nederland" [Regional core figures Netherlands]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.