Wageningen
Municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the municipality in the Netherlands. For a community in Suriname, see Wageningen, Suriname.
Wageningen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːɣənɪŋə(n)] ⓘ) is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a population of 39,635 in 2021, of which many thousands are students from over 150 countries.
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Wageningen | |
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Motto: City of Life Sciences | |
Coordinates: 51°58′N 5°40′E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Gelderland |
City right | 12 June 1263[1] |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Floor Vermeulen (VVD) |
Area | |
• Total | 32.36 km2 (12.49 sq mi) |
• Land | 30.42 km2 (11.75 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi) |
Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
Population (January 2021)[5] | |
• Total | 39,635 |
• Density | 1,303/km2 (3,370/sq mi) |
Demonym | Wageninger |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 6700–6709 |
Area code | 0317 |
Website | www |
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