Cuijk (municipality)
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The former municipality of Cuijk was established by combining the municipalities of Cuijk en Sint Agatha, Beers and Haps in 1994.
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 railway station is on the Nijmegen to Venlo railway.
Population centers and inhabitants in 2020:[1]
Topography
Map of the former municipality of Cuijk, 2015
Transportation
Twin towns
Cuijk was twinned with
Notable people
- Jan de Quay (1901 – 1985 in Beers) Dutch politician, psychologist and Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1959–1963
- Pieter Bogaers (1924 in Cuijk – 2008) Dutch politician
- Jordie van der Laan (born 1993 in Cuijk) Dutch football player
Gallery
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Cuijk, church: Sint-Martinuskerk
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Sint-Martinuskerk viewed from the Maas river
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Cuijk, windmill: windmolen Jan van Cuijk
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Former town hall, between Katwijk and Linden
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Vianen, church
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Kraaijenbergse Plassen, double-beam drawbridge
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References
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External links
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