en Bedum

Bedum

*Beem* (Gronings)
Bedum Beem (Gronings)
Former municipality
	Church in Westerdijkshorn
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Groningen
	Bedum Location in the Netherlands Bedum Bedum (Netherlands)
	Coordinates: 53°18′N 6°36′E / 53.300°N 6.600°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Area
• Total	25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi)
Elevation	−1 m (−3 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	8,650
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	9781
Area code	050
Website	www.bedum.nl

Bedum (Dutch: [ˈbeːdʏm] ^ⓘ; Gronings: Beem [beɪ̯m]) is a former municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by data missing inhabitants in 2021, Bedum is one of the larger of 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 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 cm.^[3]