Vianen municipality

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Vianen municipality is a town and former municipality in the Dutch province of Utrecht, historically known as a small fortified city and regional transport hub in the central Netherlands.

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Vianen municipality canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality of the Netherlands
town
borderedBy Lek River
Merwede Canal
country Netherlands
crossedBy A2 motorway
A27 motorway
dissolvedOn 2019-01-01
governedBy municipal council of Vianen (until 2018)
hasAreaCode 0347
hasCityRightsSince 1337
hasEconomicActivity light industry
logistics
services
hasFortificationType walled town
hasFunction commuter town for Utrecht
hasHeritage historic town center
hasHistoricalFunction fortified border town
local market center
hasLandmark Lekbrug at Vianen
historic city gate
medieval city walls remnants
hasMunicipalStatusUntil 2018
hasPostalCodePrefix 4131
hasRoadJunction interchange Everdingen (A2/A27)
hasSettlementType city
hasUrbanCharacter small city
historicallyBelongedTo County of Holland
historicalProvince South Holland
historicalRegion Utrecht region
historicalStatus small fortified city
knownFor location near major Dutch motorways
regional transport hub
languageUsed Dutch
locatedIn central Netherlands
province of Utrecht
linked to: Province of Utrecht
locatedInTimeZone CET
locatedNear Nieuwegein
Utrecht
locatedOnTransportCorridor east–west corridor along the Lek River
north–south corridor between Utrecht and southern Netherlands
mergedInto Vijfheerenlanden
observesDST CEST
partOf municipality of Vijfheerenlanden
partOfAdministrativeRegion Utrecht security region

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Lek River flowsThrough Vianen municipality