Stadsregio Arnhem-Nijmegen

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The Stadsregio Arnhem-Nijmegen (short SAN ; German  city ​​region Arnhem-Nijmegen ), previously Knooppunt Arnhem-Nijmegen ( KAN ), was a plus region ( agglomeration ) in the east of the Netherlands . It was founded in 2006 as an amalgamation of the cities of Arnhem ( German:  Arnheim ) and Nijmegen and the surrounding communities. It was dissolved again on January 1, 2015. The economic perspective of the SAN was to develop into an (inter) national / European multimodal transport region. Part of this vision was the Stadsregiorail program , which enables connections in local public transport and the like. a. should improve by building new train stations. The regional structure plan stipulated the future spatial development of the 20 municipalities.

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the business development agencies and the administrative heads of the cities of Arnhem, Nijmegen, Kleve and Emmerich have been working more closely together in the ANKE city network .

Statistically, the Stadsregio is given the designation “NL226 Arnhem / Nijmegen” according to NUTS .

Communities

At the time of the dissolution, the following municipalities belonged to the Stadsregio Arnhem-Nijmegen :

local community Population
(as of December 31, 2014)		 Area
(in km²)
Arnhem 152.293 101.54
Beuningen 25,282 47.09
Doesburg 11,355 12.96
Duiven 25,548 35.19
Groesbeek 18,963 44.14
Hay 16,383 41.54
Lingewaard 45,788 69.14
Millingen aan de Rijn 5879 10.27
Montferland 35,150 106.63
Mook en Middelaar 7762 18.81
Nijmegen 170,681 57.6
Overbetuwe 46,833 115.08
Renkum 31,408 47.23
Rheden 43,625 84.35
Rijnwaarden 10,912 48.08
Rozendaal 1509 27.92
Ubbergen 9416 38.88
Westervoort 14,992 7.84
Wijchen 40,886 69.56
Zevenaar 32,265 58.00

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nederlands Juristenblad
  2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed February 1, 2019 (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Regional kerncijfers Nederland . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed February 1, 2019 (Dutch)

Coordinates: 51 ° 55 '  N , 5 ° 53'  E