Lede en Oudewaard

Hamlet and former municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands

Coat of arms

51°56′25″N 5°33′18″E / 51.9403°N 5.5551°E / 51.9403; 5.5551CountryNetherlandsProvinceGelderlandMunicipalityNeder-BetuweArea

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• Total2.10 km² (0.81 sq mi)Elevation

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7 m (23 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total425 • Density200/km² (520/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

4041^[1]

Dialing code0488

Lede en Oudewaard is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Neder-Betuwe, and lies about 8 km west of Wageningen.

Lede en Oudewaard was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1822, at which time it was merged with Kesteren.^[3]

Lede was first mentioned probably in 1235 as ter Lee, and means "dug stream".^[4] Oudewaard was first mentioned in 1326 as "de Weert te Kester", and means the old land near water.^[5] The postal authorities have placed the hamlet under Kesteren.^[6] Until 1800, it was an heerlijkheid. In 1840, it was home to 147 people.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 4041AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
^ "Lede - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "Oudewaard - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "Postcode 4041 in Kesteren". Postcode bij adres (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ "Lede en Oudewaard" (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 March 2022.