Gendt is a city in Gelderland

Gelderland

Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...

 in the municipality of Lingewaard

Lingewaard

Lingewaard is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the most eastern part of the Betuwe. It was formed in 2001 as a merger between Bemmel, Gendt and Huissen...

. It was previously a municipality of its own, but in 2001 it merged with Huissen

Huissen

Huissen is a town in Gelderland, Netherlands and has about 17,000 inhabitants. It is located at the Nederrijn, in the area between Arnhem and Nijmegen...

 and Bemmel

Bemmel

Bemmel is a village in Gelderland in the municipality of Lingewaard. It was previously a municipality of its own, but in 2001 it merged with Huissen and Gendt. Bemmel lies between two major cities; Arnhem and Nijmegen, and is thus bordered by the rivers Rhine and Waal. It has a population of...

 to form the new municipality Lingewaard. The city is located on the river Waal, about 5 km northeast of the city of Nijmegen. It received city rights

City rights in the Netherlands

City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. A liegelord, usually a count, duke or similar member of high nobility, granted a settlement he owned certain town privileges that settlements without city rights did not have....

 in 1233. It has a population of 7.253 (as of 1 January 2010).

Stijn Schaars

Stijn Schaars

Stefanus Johannes "Stijn" Schaars is a Dutch footballer who currently plays in the Portuguese Liga for Sporting Clube de Portugal and the Netherlands national team as a midfielder.-Club career:...

, Dutch soccer player (11 caps), was born in Gendt.

External links

Map of the former municipality, abt. 1868.

• Website Gendt