Bedum

Bedum Beem (Gronings)
Former municipality
Church in Westerdijkshorn
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Groningen
53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E / 53.300; 6.600
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Area [1]
• Total	25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	−1 m (−3 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	8,650
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	9781[1]
Area code	050
Website	www.bedum.nl

Bedum (Dutch: [ˈbeːdʏm] ^ⓘ; Gronings: Beem [beɪ̯m]) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by data missing inhabitants in 2021, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of De Marne, Eemsmond and Winsum to form the new municipality Het Hogeland.

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.^[3]

Former population centres

• Bedum
• Noordwolde
• Onderdendam
• Zuidwolde
• Ellerhuizen
• Westerdijkshorn

Notable people

• Arjen Robben, professional footballer^[4]

Gallery

• 
  't Blauw Borgje in winter
• 
  Bridge over Boterdiep
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  Air watchtower in Bedum
• 
  Topographic map of Bedum, June 2015

References

External links

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