Zaltbommel


Zaltbommel is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands.
Zaltbommel was expanded to its current size on 1 January 1999, by a merger of the municipalities of Brakel, Kerkwijk and Zaltbommel. The municipality is situated in the heart of the Netherlands, close to the A2 Motorway, the railway line from Utrecht to 's‑Hertogenbosch and the rivers Waal and Maas.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of Zaltbommel, Sept. 2014

Population centres

The municipality, consists of 13 population centres and had a population of in.
NamePopulation
Population
Aalst21022106
Bern3633
Brakel30503066
Bruchem16741668
Delwijnen341337
Gameren24332466
Kerkwijk629640
Nederhemert16121604
Nieuwaal732758
Poederoijen10131039
Zaltbommel1204012143
Zuilichem17041702
Total2736627562

The city of Zaltbommel

The town of Zaltbommel was first mentioned as "Bomela" in the year 850. Zaltbommel received city rights in 1231 and these were renewed in 1316. In 1599 during the Eighty Years War, Zaltbommel was besieged by Spanish forces but was relieved by an Anglo-Dutch force led by Maurice of Orange. The bridge over the Waal at Zaltbommel features in a celebrated twentieth-century Dutch sonnet, De moeder de vrouw, by Martinus Nijhoff.

Notable residents