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Nijmegen

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Nijmegen

Industrial city in Gelderland province, east Netherlands, on the Waal River, near the German border; population (1997) 147,200. Industries include the manufacture of electrical equipment, leather goods, cigars, and the iron compound Prussian blue. There are also breweries. The Roman Noviomagus, Nijmegen was a free city of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the Hanseatic League.

Nijmegen was formerly a residence of the Carolingian emperors, and the Valkhof park occupies the site of the old palace. The church of St Stephen, dating from 1272, contains a monument to Catherine of Bourbon. A Roman Catholic university was established in 1923.



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