Nijmegen
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Nijmegen Nimeguen |
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Nijmegen city view from the north west
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.svg) Location in Gelderland |
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| Coordinates: 51°51′N 5°52′E / 51.850°N 5.867°ECoordinates: 51°51′N 5°52′E / 51.850°N 5.867°E | |||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Gelderland | ||
| Founded | 98 | ||
| Founded by | Trajan | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| • Mayor | Hubert Bruls (CDA) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Municipality | 57.60 km2 (22.24 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 53.62 km2 (20.70 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) | ||
| Highest elevation | 88 m (289 ft) | ||
| Lowest elevation | 7 m (23 ft) | ||
| Population (Municipality, May 2014; Urban and Metro, May 2014) | |||
| • Municipality | 168,840 | ||
| • Density | 3,149/km2 (8,160/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 168,840 | ||
| • Metro | 287,517 | ||
| Demonym(s) | Nijmegenaar | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postcode | 6500–6547, 6679, 6683 | ||
| Area code | 024, 0481 | ||
| Website | www |
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Nijmegen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈnɛimeːɣə(n)];Nijmeegs: Nimwegen [ˈnɪmβ̞ɛːxə]), historically anglicized as Nimeguen, is a municipality and a city in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is situated on the Waal river, close to the German border.
Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands, the first to be recognized as such in Roman times, and in 2005 celebrated 2,000 years of existence.
The municipality is part of the "Stadsregio Arnhem-Nijmegen" (Arnhem-Nijmegen urban region (neighbouring city, 15 km (9 mi) north)), a metropolitan area with 736,107 inhabitants (2011).
The municipality is formed by the city of Nijmegen, incorporating the former villages of Hatert, and , as well as the urban expansion project of , situated north of the river Waal and including the village of Lent and the hamlet of 't Zand, as well as the new suburbs of Nijmegen-Oosterhout and Nijmegen-Ressen.
The first mention of Nijmegen in history is in the 1st century BC, when the Romans built a military camp on the place where Nijmegen was to appear; the location had great strategic value because of the surrounding hills, which gave (and continue to give) a good view over the Waal and Rhine valley.
By 69, when the Batavians, the original inhabitants of the Rhine and Maas delta, revolted, a village called Oppidum Batavorum had formed near the Roman camp. This village was destroyed in the revolt, but when it had ended the Romans built another, bigger camp where the Legio X Gemina was stationed. Soon after, another village formed around this camp.
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