Bedum

Bedum

*Beem* (Gronings)
Bedum ; Beem (Gronings)
Former municipality
	Church in Westerdijkshorn
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Groningen
	Bedum Location in the Netherlands
	Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°ECoordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Area
• Total	44.96 km2 (17.36 sq mi)
• Land	44.57 km2 (17.21 sq mi)
• Water	0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Elevation	−1 m (−3 ft)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	9780–9789, 9959
Area code	050
Website	www.bedum.nl

Topographic map of Bedum, June 2015

Bedum (Dutch: [ˈbeːdʏm] (listen); Gronings: Beem) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by inhabitants in 2019, 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[]

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.^[4]

Population centres[]

Notable people[]

Arjen Robben, professional footballer^[5]

References[]

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 9781JL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower, Reuters, 28 August 2009
^ "De Wiel Coerver Methode" (in Dutch). Vvjps.nl. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2008.

External links[]

Official website
J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Bedum". Map of the municipality around 1868.

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[1] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[AHN-2] "Postcodetool for 9781JL". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

[3] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[4] Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower, Reuters, 28 August 2009

[De_Wiel_Coerver_Methode-5] "De Wiel Coerver Methode" (in Dutch). Vvjps.nl. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003. Retrieved 3 August 2008.

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show v t Populated places in the former municipality of Bedum
Villages	Bedum
Hamlets	Noordwolde Onderdendam Zuidwolde
List of cities, towns and villages in Groningen

show v Populated places in the municipality of Het Hogeland
Villages	Adorp Baflo Bedum Eenrum Eppenhuizen Ezinge Garnwerd Houwerzijl Kantens Kloosterburen Lauwersoog Leens Mensingeweer Oldenzijl Oosteinde Oosternieland Oudeschip Pieterburen Roodeschool Rottum Startenhuizen Stitswerd Sauwerd Uithuizen Uithuizermeeden Ulrum Usquert Warffum Warfhuizen Wetsinge Winsum Zandeweer Zoutkamp
Hamlets	Bellingeweer De Dingen Eemshaven Harssens Noordwolde Obergum Onderdendam Groot Wetsinge Klein Wetsinge (partly) Zuidwolde
List of cities, towns and villages in Groningen

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Bedum Beem (Gronings)
Former municipality
Church in Westerdijkshorn
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Groningen
Bedum Location in the Netherlands
Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E / 53.300; 6.600Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E / 53.300; 6.600
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Area ^[1]
• Total	44.96 km² (17.36 sq mi)
• Land	44.57 km² (17.21 sq mi)
• Water	0.39 km² (0.15 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	−1 m (−3 ft)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	9780–9789, 9959
Area code	050
Website	www.bedum.nl