thumb|right|279px|Dutch [[topographic map of Lingewaard (2015)]]

Lingewaard () is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the province of Gelderland, in the most eastern part of the Betuwe. The municipality is situated in the lowlands between the major cities of Arnhem and Nijmegen, where many inhabitants work. Since 2021 it has been part of the Arnhem-Nijmegen Green Metropolitan Region (), which aids planning and development in the region's eighteen municipalities.

Population centres

Lingewaard was formed in 2001 as a merger between the former municipalities of Bemmel, Gendt and Huissen. The municipality was initially named Bemmel after the largest former municipality, but later renamed 'Lingewaard' in a referendum. 'Lingewaard' itself is not a population centre but an artificial name, which is favoured by the majority of the voters. The municipality consists of these population centres.

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! Towns/villages !! Population in Lingewaard include:

  • International Four Days Marches Nijmegen – A multiple day marching event in mid-July, which comes through Bemmel and Huissen on the first day of event.
  • Bemmelse Dweildag – An international festival for marching bands in Bemmel, on the second Sunday in June.
  • Horse Days of Bemmel (Dutch: Bemmelse Paardendagen) – The annual pony market and horserace in Bemmel, around the second Sunday in August.
  • Cherry Festival of Gendt (Dutch: Gendste Kersenfeest) – Annual festival of Gendt at the end of July.
  • Under The Milky Way – Local rock festival of Lingewaard, located in the floodplains of Huissen, in the end of August or beginning of September.

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File:Town Hall of Lingewaard.jpg|Town Hall of Lingewaard

File:Bemmel (Lingewaard) park Lingezegen bij de Linge.JPG|The Linge river at Park Lingezegen, Bemmel

File:Haalderen, kerk foto1 2010-03-22 12.15.JPG|The church of Haalderen OLV van Zeven Smarten

File:Doornenburg, kasteel Doornenburg RM8942 positie1 foto9 2013-06-02 17.09.jpg|View on Doornenburg Castle at Doornenburg

File:Huissen, Mariakapel aan de Duisterestraat-Van Voorststraat IMG 9315 2021-06-09 19.27.jpg|Huissen, chapel at the Duisterestraat-Van Voorststraat

File:Angeren (Lingewaard) Mariakapel op kerkhof.JPG|Maria Chapel near the graveyard of Angeren

File:Gendt (Lingewaard) voorm. gemeentehuis.JPG|Gendt (Lingewaard) former Town Hall

File:Gendt (Lingewaard) sculptuur gans.JPG|The Gent (statue) of Gendt at the Waaldijk

File:Bergerden, de Linge bij het Verlaten Land Pad IMG 2552 2019-09-21 10.14.jpg|Bergerden, de Linge bij het Verlaten Land Pad

File:Ressen, de Hervormde kerk RM8944 vanaf de Hoeksehofstraat IMG 7950 2020-11-07 16.15.jpg|Ressen, reformed church from the Hoeksehofstraat

File:Ressen (Lingewaard) gemeentemonument Brandspuithuisje.JPG|The Brandspuithuisje (monument) in Ressen

File:Huissen (Lingewaard) sculptuur De Zwaan op marktplein.JPG|The Swan (statue), town square, Huissen

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Twin town

From 2009 to 2014, Lingewaard was twinned with:

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  • Mizil, Prahova County, Romania

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