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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Bedum
| native_name             = {{native name|gos|Beem}}
| settlement_type         = Former municipality
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| image_skyline           = 20080511 Church Westerdijkshorn Groningen NL.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Church in Westerdijkshorn
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| shield_size             = 100x80px
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0005 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Bedum in a municipal map of Groningen
| map_caption             = Location in Groningen
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| coordinates             = {{coord|53|18|N|6|36|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Groningen (province)|Groningen]]
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| area_total_km2          = 25.03
| area_land_km2           = 
| area_water_km2          = 
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 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
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| population_total        = 8,650
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| population_demonym      = 
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| utc_offset1             = +1
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| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 9781<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 050
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.bedum.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Bedum''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈbeːdʏm|lang|Nl-Bedum.oga}}; {{langx|gos|Beem}} {{IPA|gos|beɪ̯m|}}) is a former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a [[town]] in the northeastern [[Netherlands]]. Populated by an unknown number of inhabitants ({{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Bedum}}}}) in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}, Bedum is one of the larger of [[Groningen (city)|Groningen]]'s several satellite towns. On 1 January 2019 it merged with the municipalities of [[De Marne]], [[Eemsmond]] and [[Winsum]] to form the new municipality [[Het Hogeland]].

Bedum is the site of three supermarkets, several pubs, and a leaning church tower, dubbed "the leaning tower of Bedum". Footballer [[Arjen Robben]] was born in Bedum (23 January 1984). 

Bedum has a railway station - [[Bedum railway station]].

== The leaning tower==

Bedum's 36-metre tower of the [[St. Walfridus kerk|St Walfridus church]] has been calculated as now leaning at a greater angle than the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]]. If both towers were the same height, Bedum's would have a greater displacement by 6&nbsp;cm.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/wl_nm/dutch_tower_dc_1 Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower, Reuters, 28 August 2009]</ref>
== Former population centres ==
*Bedum
*[[Noordwolde, Groningen|Noordwolde]]
*[[Onderdendam]]
*[[Zuidwolde, Groningen|Zuidwolde]]
*[[Ellerhuizen]]
*[[Westerdijkshorn]]

==Notable people==
{{seealso|List of mayors of Bedum}}
* [[Arjen Robben]], professional [[association football|footballer]]<ref name="De Wiel Coerver Methode">{{cite news 
 |title=De Wiel Coerver Methode 
 |url=http://www.vvjps.nl/De%20Wiel%20Coerver%20Methode.htm 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030421001118/http://www.vvjps.nl/De%20Wiel%20Coerver%20Methode.htm 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-date=21 April 2003 
 |publisher=Vvjps.nl 
 |access-date=3 August 2008 
 |language=nl 
 }}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:'t Blauw Borgje, Ellerhuizen - panoramio.jpg|'t Blauw Borgje in winter
File:Bedum - Boterdiep - Ter Laanster Klap.jpg|Bridge over [[Boterdiep]]
File:Luchtwachttoren 7O3 - Bedum.jpg|Air watchtower in Bedum
File:Gem-Bedum-OpenTopo.jpg|Topographic map of Bedum, June 2015
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Bedum}}
*[http://www.bedum.nl/ Official website]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Bedum
|North     = [[Eemsmond]]
|Northeast = [[Loppersum]]
|East      = [[Ten Boer]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Groningen]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Winsum]]
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Dutch municipality Bedum}}
{{Dutch municipality Het Hogeland}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Het Hogeland]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Groningen (province)]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2019]]


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