Nieuwegein
town and municipality in the Netherlands
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Summary
Nieuwegein is a municipality of the Netherlands[1]. Nieuwegein draws 456 Wikipedia views per month (municipality of the netherlands category, ranking #62 of 404).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Utrecht[3]
- Country: Netherlands[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Lek[5]
- Head of government: Frans Backhuijs[6]
- Instance of: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands[7], town[8]
- Shares border with: Utrecht[9], Houten[10], IJsselstein[11]
- Flag: flag of Nieuwegein[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Puławy[13]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Nieuwegein[14]
- Postal code: 3430–3439[15]
- Commons category: Nieuwegein[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[17]
- Local dialing code: 030[18]
- Archives at: Het Utrechts Archief[19]
- Inception: 1971[20]
- Official website: https://www.nieuwegein.nl/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nieuwegein[22]
- Commons gallery: Nieuwegein[23]
- Email address: mailto:gemeente@nieuwegein.nl[24]
- Population: 61,733[25], 61,868[26], 62,426[27], 63,036[28], 14,176[29], 42,254[30], 58,916[31], 62,564[32], 60,947[33], 63,462[34], 63,866[35]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Nieuwegein[36]
- Capital of: Q111691941[37]
- Official name: Nieuwegein[38]
- List of monuments: Lijst van rijksmonumenten in Nieuwegein[39], Gemeentelijke monumenten in Nieuwegein[40], list of war memorials in Nieuwegein[41]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Nieuwegein[42]
Why It Matters
Nieuwegein has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Nieuwegein is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]