Bedum

Bedum is a municipality and a town in the northeastern Netherlands. Populated by inhabitants in, Bedum is one of the larger of Groningen's several satellite towns.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 towerBedum'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.Population centresBedumNoordwoldeOnderdendamZuidwoldeEllerhuizenWesterdijkshornMayors 1860-1873 J.H. Leopold (previously mayor of Adorp) 1873-1878 W.J. Bekker 1878-1895 R.J. van Bruggen 1895-1909 dr H.V. Schleurholts 1909-1914 Simon Berman (previously of Kwadijk, Warder, and Middelie and of Schagen, subsequently of Alblasserdam) 1914-1917 Klaas van Sevenhoven (ARP) (previously of Stedum, subsequently of Onstwedde) 1917-1943 M. Jouwstra (ARP) (previously town clerk of Ambt Hardenberg) 1943-194? I.G. Timmer (NSB) 19??-1962 J.N. Spoelstra 1962-1971 J.C. Lindeboom (ARP) 1971-1991 Albert Smallenbroek (ARP/CDA) 1991-2009 Wilte Everts (CDA) 2010-Present Henk Bakker (CDA)