Bedum

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Country Netherlands Time zone CET (UTC+1) Website www.bedum.nl Local time Wednesday 7:41 PM Area code 050		Elevation -1 m (−3 ft) Postcode 9780–9789, 9959 Area 44.96 km² Province Groningen

Weather 6°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 79% Humidity

Bedum ( [ˈbeːdɵm], Gronings: Beem) is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by 10,459 inhabitants in 2014, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns.

Map of Bedum, Netherlands

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.

The leaning tower

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.

Population centres

Bedum

Noordwolde

Onderdendam

Zuidwolde

Ellerhuizen

Westerdijkshorn

Mayors

1860-1873 J.H. Leopold (previously mayor of Adorp)

1873-1878 W.J. Bekker

1878-1895 R.J. van Bruggen

1895-1909 dr H.V. Schleurholts

1909-1914 Simon Berman (previously of Kwadijk, Warder, and Middelie and of Schagen, subsequently of Alblasserdam)

1914-1917 Klaas van Sevenhoven (ARP) (previously of Stedum, subsequently of Onstwedde)

1917-1943 M. Jouwstra (ARP) (previously town clerk of Ambt Hardenberg)

1943-194? I.G. Timmer (NSB)

19??-1962 J.N. Spoelstra

1962-1971 J.C. Lindeboom (ARP)

1971-1991 Albert Smallenbroek (ARP/CDA)

1991-2009 Wilte Everts (CDA)

2010-Present Henk Bakker (CDA)

Notable people

Arjen Robben, professional footballer for Bayern Munich and the Netherlands national football team

References

Bedum Wikipedia

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