Bedum
Beem (
Gronings) | |
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Former municipality | |
Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Groningen |
Area | |
• Total | 25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi) |
Elevation | −1 m (−3 ft) |
Population (2021)
[1] | |
• Total | 8,650 |
• Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Postcode | 9781
[1] |
Area code | 050 |
Website |
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Bedum (Dutch: [ˈbeːdʏm] ; Gronings: Beem [beɪ̯m]) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by data missing inhabitants in 2021, 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.
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. [3]