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Nieuwegein

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Nieuwegein

Total population

61,869

Founded

1971

Elevation1 m
Land area25.65 km²
Coordinates52.04°, 5.08°

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City facts

Founded
1971
Elevation
1 m
Area
25.65 km²
head of government
Frans Backhuijs
Official website
www.nieuwegein.nl

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Overview

Nieuwegein is a municipality and city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is bordered on the north by the city of Utrecht, the provincial capital. It is separated from Vianen to the south by the river Lek and borders on IJsselstein in the southwest and Houten in the east. Nieuwegein has 64,606 inhabitants as of 1 December 2021.

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History & geography

History

Nieuwegein was founded on 1 July 1971 as a planned city, following the merger of the former municipalities of Jutphaas and Vreeswijk. The new town was built for the expanding population of the city of Utrecht, and grew rapidly during the decades following its foundation. In the area between Jutphaas and Vreeswijk there used to be a settlement called Geyne (Gein). This settlement received city rights in 1295 but was destroyed in 1333, in a war between the Bishop of Utrecht and the Count of Holland. Today only Oudegein House remains from that time. After the boards of Vreeswijk and Jutphaas had debated for some time about the name of the new municipality, they decided to name it after this old settlement - Nieuwegein meaning 'New Gein'.

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Geography

Latitude
52.0367
Longitude
5.0836
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
2.97
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,084

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
875
Avg daily Wikipedia views
29
Attention level
Obscure

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Books about Nieuwegein

De tijd vooruit
Rob Wolf · 2010
Gevallen vogel
Gevallen vogel
Theo van Willigenburg · 2014

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Official Identifiers

CBS — Statistics Netherlands

CBS code
0356
Population (Wikidata)
63,866
Wikidata
Q10050

Gemeente codes via Wikidata P382

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • CBS — Statistics Netherlands, municipality code via Wikidata P382
  • • CBS — Statistics Netherlands — Gemeente codes via Wikidata P382