Nijmegen
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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 (32,647 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 local dialing code is recorded as 0481[26].
- Nijmegen's local dialing code is recorded as 024[27].
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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 (32,647 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 61 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].