Rijnwaarden
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Rijnwaarden is a municipalityMunicipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the eastern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. The Rhine enters the Netherlands in this municipality.
Population centres
- AerdtAerdtAerdt is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality Rijnwaarden, about 20 km northeast of the city of Nijmegen, close to the German border. Aerdt has a population of around 985....
- HerwenHerwenHerwen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Rijnwaarden.Herwen was a separate municipality until 1818, when the area was divided between the new municipality of Herwen en Aerdt and Pannerden.-References:...
- LobithLobithLobith is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Rijnwaarden. Traditionally, it is said that the Rhine enters the Netherlands at Lobith, although in reality, this happens about 4 km further upstream, near Spijk....
- PannerdenPannerdenPannerden is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Rijnwaarden.Pannerden was a separate municipality from 1818 to 1985, when it became a part of the new municipality of Rijnwaarden.-External links:*...
- SpijkSpijk (Rijnwaarden)Spijk is a small town in the Dutch municipality of Rijnwaarden.Spijk is situated at the border with Germany. Spijk is famous in The Netherlands because the Rhine crosses the border there as Boven-Rijn ....
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