Nijmegen

Summary

Nijmegen is a municipality of the Netherlands^[1]. Nijmegen ranks in the top 0.99% of municipality_of_the_netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,046 views/month, #4 of 404).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nijmegen is located in Gelderland^[3].
• Nijmegen is in the country of Netherlands^[4].
• Nijmegen is on the body of water Waal^[5].
• Nijmegen is on the body of water Maas–Waal Canal^[6].
• Nijmegen's head of government is recorded as Hubert Bruls^[7].
• Nijmegen's instance of is recorded as municipality of the Netherlands^[8].
• Nijmegen's capital is recorded as Nijmegen^[9].
• Nijmegen's official language is recorded as Dutch^[10].
• Nijmegen's shares border with is recorded as Wijchen^[11].
• Nijmegen's shares border with is recorded as Beuningen^[12].
• Nijmegen's shares border with is recorded as Overbetuwe^[13].
• Nijmegen's shares border with is recorded as Lingewaard^[14].
• Nijmegen's shares border with is recorded as Ubbergen^[15].
• Nijmegen's shares border with is recorded as Heumen^[16].
• Nijmegen's founder is recorded as Trajan^[17].
• Nijmegen's flag is recorded as flag of Nijmegen^[18].
• Nijmegen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Albany^[19].
• Nijmegen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pskov^[20].
• Nijmegen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Suzhou^[21].
• Nijmegen's coat of arms is recorded as second coat of arms of Nijmegen^[22].
• Nijmegen's postal code is recorded as 6500–6546^[23].
• Nijmegen's postal code is recorded as 6663^[24].
• Nijmegen's Commons category is recorded as Nijmegen^[25].
• Nijmegen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[26].
• Nijmegen's local dialing code is recorded as 0481^[27].

Body

Founding

Nijmegen's founder is recorded as Trajan^[17]. January 1, 1230 marks the founding of Nijmegen^[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Nijmegen include Nijmegen breakage syndrome^[29], a developmental defect during embryogenesis^[30] and 2495 Noviomagum^[31], an asteroid^[32].

Why It Matters

Nijmegen ranks in the top 0.99% of municipality_of_the_netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,046 views/month, #4 of 404).^[2] Nijmegen has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Nijmegen is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Nijmegen include Nijmegen breakage syndrome^[29], a developmental defect during embryogenesis^[30] and 2495 Noviomagum^[31], an asteroid^[32].