Gennep (gemeente)

Geschiedenis

Gennep is a municipality and a city in upper southeastern Netherlands. It lies in the northern part of the province of Limburg. Furthermore, it lies on the right bank of the Meuse river, and south of the forest of the Klever Reichswald. The municipality of Gennep has 17,277 inhabitants (2014).The Niers river flows into the Meuse in Gennep.Population centresAaldonk, Dam, De Looi, Diekendaal, Gennep, Heijen, Hekkens, Milsbeek, Ottersum, Smele, Ven-Zelderheide, and Zelder.Topography490pxDutch topographic map of the municipality of Gennep, June 2015The city of GennepGennep was the title of a comital family, known descendants of which are the famous Saint Norbert of Gennep and William of Gennep, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne.