Bedum
Bedum
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Former municipality | |
Church in Westerdijkshorn | |
Location in Groningen | |
| Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | −1 m (−3 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 8,650 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 9781 |
| Area code | 050 |
| Website | www |
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Bedum (Dutch: [ˈbeːdʏm] ⓘ; Gronings: Beem [beɪ̯m]) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by an unknown number of inhabitants (data missing) 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.