Cuijk (municipality)

Cuijk (Dutch pronunciation: [kœyk] (listen)) is a municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. It will be merged with the municipalities of Boxmeer, Sint Anthonis, Mill en Sint Hubert and Grave on 1 January 2022. This way, it will become part of a new municipality Land van Cuijk of about 90,000 inhabitants.

Cuijk
Municipality
Monumental church in Cuijk
Flag
Coat of arms
Location in North Brabant
Coordinates: 51°44′N 5°53′E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Brabant
Government
[1]
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorWim Hillenaar (CDA)
Area
[2]
 • Total57.07 km2 (22.03 sq mi)
 • Land51.16 km2 (19.75 sq mi)
 • Water5.91 km2 (2.28 sq mi)
Elevation
[3]
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (January 2019)[4]
 • Total24,931
 • Density487/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Cuijkenaar
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
5430–5437, 5439
Area code0485
Websitewww.cuijk.nl

Population centres

The main population center Cuijk is of pre-historic origin. Its existence is recorded on the Roman roadmap Tabula Peutingeriana under the name of Ceuclum. It is a big commuter town with good public transport services to nearby Nijmegen. The nearest hospital is at Boxmeer and the nearest international airport is situated in the German town of Weeze. Cuijk has a railway station on the Nijmegen to Venlo railway.

Population centers and inhabitants in 2020:[5]

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Cuijk, June 2015

Station, Cuijk

Transportation

Twin towns

Cuijk is twinned with

Notable people
  • Cuijk, church: Sint-Martinuskerk
  • Sint-Martinuskerk viewed from the Maas river
  • Cuijk, windmill: windmolen Jan van Cuijk
  • Former town hall, between Katwijk and Linden
  • Vianen, church
  • Kraaijenbergse Plassen, drawing bridge

References
  1. "College" [Board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Cuijk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. "Postcodetool for 5431BV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. "CBS in uw buurt" (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
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