Wageningen
Wageningen | |
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Wageningen market square | |
| Motto: City of Life Sciences | |
Location in Gelderland | |
| Coordinates: 51°58′N 5°40′E / 51.967°N 5.667°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| City right | 12 June 1263 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Floor Vermeulen (VVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.36 km2 (12.49 sq mi) |
| • Land | 30.42 km2 (11.75 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Population (January 2021) | |
• Total | 39,635 |
| • Density | 1,303/km2 (3,370/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Wageninger |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6700–6709 |
| Area code | 0317 |
| Website | www |
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Wageningen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːɣənɪŋə(n)] ⓘ) is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a population of 39,635 in 2021, of which many thousands are students from over 150 countries.