Cuijk () is a former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Cuijk, Boxmeer, Grave, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.

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:

  • Cuijk 18,170
  • Beers 1,680
  • Haps 2,850
  • Katwijk 395
  • Linden 270
  • Sint Agatha 495
  • Vianen 1,280

Topography

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Map of the former municipality of Cuijk, 2015

230px|thumb|Station, Cuijk

Transportation

  • Cuijk railway station

Twin towns

Cuijk was twinned with

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  • Maldon, Essex, UK.
  • Přerov, Olomoucký kraj, ČR.

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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

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Image:Cuijk, l'église St.Martin.JPG|Cuijk, church: Sint-Martinuskerk

Sint-Martinuskerk in Cuijk, NL (DSCF7731).jpg|Sint-Martinuskerk viewed from the Maas river

Image:Cuijk, Molen Jan van Cuijk RM11621 IMG 0578 2022-03-13 12.59.jpg|Cuijk, windmill: windmolen Jan van Cuijk

File:In between Katwijk and Linden (Cuijk, N-Br, NL) former town hall ( ca. 1880 - 1942).JPG|Former town hall, between Katwijk and Linden

Image:Vianen, kerk foto3 2011-03-08 13.40.JPG|Vianen, church

File:Kraaijenbergse Plassen, ophaalbrug foto10 2017-02-15 13.06.jpg|Kraaijenbergse Plassen, double-beam drawbridge

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