Cuijk (municipality)

Municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

Former municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

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Coat of arms

Location of the former municipality of Cuijk in North Brabant

Coordinates: 51°44′N 5°53′E / 51.733°N 5.883°E / 51.733; 5.883CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth BrabantMunicipalityLand van CuijkArea

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• Total57.07 km² (22.03 sq mi) • Land51.16 km² (19.75 sq mi) • Water5.91 km² (2.28 sq mi)Elevation

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12 m (39 ft)Population

(January 2021)^[3]

• Total25,404 • Density497/km² (1,290/sq mi)DemonymCuijkenaarTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postcode

5430–5437, 5439

Area code0485Websitewww.cuijk.nl

Cuijk (Dutch pronunciation: [kœyk] ^ⓘ) is a former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Cuijk, Boxmeer, Grave, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.

The former municipality of Cuijk was established by combining the municipalities of Cuijk en Sint Agatha, Beers and Haps in 1994.

Population centres

The main population center Cuijk is of pre-historic origin. Its existence is recorded on the Roman roadmap Tabula Peutingeriana under the name of Ceuclum. It is a big commuter town with good public transport services to nearby Nijmegen. The nearest hospital is at Boxmeer and the nearest international airport is situated in the German town of Weeze. Cuijk has a railway station on the Nijmegen to Venlo railway.

Population centers and inhabitants in 2020:^[4]

Cuijk 18,170
Beers 1,680
Haps 2,850
Katwijk 395
Linden 270
Sint Agatha 495
Vianen 1,280

Topography

Map of the former municipality of Cuijk, 2015

Transportation

Cuijk railway station

Twin towns

Cuijk was twinned with

Maldon, Essex, UK.
Přerov, Olomoucký kraj, ČR.

Notable people

Jan de Quay (1901 – 1985 in Beers) a Dutch politician and psychologist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1959/1963
Pieter Bogaers (1924 in Cuijk – 2008) a Dutch politician
Jordie van der Laan (born 1993 in Cuijk) a Dutch football player

Gallery

Cuijk, church: Sint-Martinuskerk
Sint-Martinuskerk viewed from the Maas river
Cuijk, windmill: windmolen Jan van Cuijk
Former town hall, between Katwijk and Linden
Vianen, church
Kraaijenbergse Plassen, double-beam drawbridge

References

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 5431BV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "CBS in uw buurt" (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 23 September 2021.