Bennekom | |
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Village | |
 Statue along the old railwaytrack | |
 Flag | |
 Map of Ede with Bennekom highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 51°59′58″N 5°40′32″E / 51.99944°N 5.67556°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Gelderland |
| Municipality | Ede |
| Population (1 January 2009) | 14.740 |
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Bennekom is a village and parish in the Netherlands, which is part of the Municipality of Ede in the south-west of the Veluwe district of the Province of Gelderland. It adjoins the town of Wageningen on the Lower-Rhine to the south, and Ede to the north, Veenendaal to the west and Renkum to the east. The western boundary of the parish follows the canalized River Grift and is also the boundary with the Province of Utrecht.
The earliest forms of the name are Beringhem (1288) and Berinchem (1296), meaning the settlement of the people of Bero, who probably lived around the 6th to 10th century.[1]
- ^ Jan R.F. Heine, Het verhaal rondom de dorpskerk van Bennekom door de eeuwen heen: een baken in de tijd. Historische Cahiers Ede 2007 ISBN 978-90-801257-7-3