Beneden-Leeuwen is a town in the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of Gelderland

Gelderland

Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...

. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal

West Maas en Waal

West Maas en Waal is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland.The municipality covers the western part of the Land van Maas en Waal, an island located between the Meuse and Waal rivers.- Population centres :...

, and lies about 7 km east of Tiel

Tiel

' is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands.The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river on the south and the north side, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal on the east side. The city was founded in the 5th century AD....

, on the opposite (southern) bank of the river Waal.

In 2001, the town of Beneden-Leeuwen had 5626 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 2.1 km², and contained 2168 residences.
The statistical area "Beneden-Leeuwen", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of around 5990.

People born in Beneden-Leeuwen

• Jona Lendering
  Jona Lendering
  Jona Lendering is a Dutch historian and the author of books on antiquity, Dutch history and modern management...
  
   (born 1964), historian
• Marco Pastors
  Marco Pastors
  Marco Pastors is a Dutch politician. He is currently political leader of the local party Leefbaar Rotterdam, a member of the city council for Rotterdam and the political leader of Een NL, a Dutch political party at the national level...
  
   (born 1965), politician
• Arno van Zwam
  Arno van Zwam
  Arno van Zwam is a Dutch former football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Fortuna Sittard....
  
   (born 1969), footballer
• Hanneke Hoefnagel
  Hanneke Hoefnagel
  Hanneke Hoefnagel is a former Dutch gymnast, whose favorite discipline was the beam.Hoefnagel was born in Beneden-Leeuwen and started her career in gymnastics in 1993 at a local team in the same city. In 1996 she joined one of the most prestigious club teams in the Netherlands, Nijmegen based GTV...
  
  (born 1988), gymnast